Gethsemane (Heavy Load to Carry)
Lyrics
I climbed a mountain with three friends
Feel the darkness pressing in
I ask them to please stay awake
And I go off alone to pray
Father, please would you take this cup?
It’s a heavy load to carry
But not my will, but what you want
Until I’m dead and buried
Sweat and blood they fall like tears
It seems the last star’s disappeared
Death it comes to separate
And my friends can’t stay awake
They came with clubs to capture me
An old friend he kissed my cheek
And all my friends they ran away
And I’m alone, denied, betrayed
My God, my God’s forsaken me
Hanging broken on a tree
“Who can save you now?” they laugh
The darkness comes, I breathe my last
Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2013 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7000084. Key: A (Guitar capo 2 G shapes).
Written April 2011 for The Scripture to Music Project
Mark 15:26-52 (Maundy Thursday; the Cross)
