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Superstar Lyrics

Artist: Jesus Christ Superstar
Album: Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack

Voice of Judas
Every time I look at you
I don't understand
Why you let the things you did
Get so out of hand
You'd have managed better
If you'd had it planned
Now why'd you choose such a backward time
And such a strange land?

If you'd come today
You could have reached the whole nation
Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong, now
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong, now
Don't you get me wrong

Only want to know
Only want to know
Only want to know, now
Only want to know
Only want to know
Only want to know
Only want to know, now
Only want to know

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?

Tell me what you think
About your friends at the top
Now who d'you think besides yourself
Was the pick of the crop?
Buddah was he where it's at?
Is he where you are?
Could Muhammmed move a mountain
Or was that just PR?
Did you mean to die like that?
Was that a mistake or
Did you know your messy death
Would be a record breaker?

Don't you get me wrong Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong, now Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong Don't you get me wrong
Don't you get me wrong, now Don't you get me wrong

Only want to know Only want to know
Only want to know, now Only want to know
Only want to know Only want to know
Only want to know, now I only want to know

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ
Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?

Comments/Interpretations
by molly morris and jodie garside on 5/11/2008 3:53am love your song it is great to sing its realy calming sorry to say we are nine year olds
by Lulu on 5/13/2008 11:04am luvvv the song!!!
by rosene on 5/16/2008 12:09pm clearly, judas had so many doubts about Jesus. his faith was not strong. loved the song! ALW, i believe you are a genius!!!
by RB on 5/20/2008 10:30pm This song degrades the Deity of Jesus Christ. Whoever made up the lyrics of the song doesn't know what he's talking about. I don't care if it was Andrew Lloyd Webber. He doesn't know what he's talking about. "Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or" God does not make any mistakes. Don't you judge His reasoning because he knows more than everything our little brains are ever capable of.
by Annabel Ziegeler on 5/21/2008 5:42pm I loved the movie so i decided to come here to get the lyrics. This website is so efficent i would recommend it to anyone.
by elaine on 5/22/2008 2:37pm this song talks like you could ever imagine
by Cynthia on 5/24/2008 12:59pm I love JCS! This song rocks! The messages and the points made in it are amazing!
by do on 6/7/2008 3:46am RB's a fag
by Tyra Banks on 6/10/2008 1:40am I love this song! Me and Ms J love to listen to this song a a lot but of course not during panel!
by JVF on 6/12/2008 8:56pm The song reaches in to my soul and moves me;..love it and I imagine Jesus just smiling as He looks down and see's us rejoice in Him:)
by RG on 6/13/2008 10:30pm I am in the play right now and this is probally the best song in the hole thing:)
by BJM on 6/15/2008 7:10pm Hi. I just saw the play today, and I love this song so much. I am 11 years old turning 12 and I'm an altar server for 3 years. I go to Catholic school and i know a lot about the faith.
by Vince on 6/17/2008 9:00am ok this is to RB, no offense, but it's just a movie. It was meant for Judas to not understand. He was questioning Jesus, when only God knows. That was the whole stinking point of the movie.
by RB is DUMB (Comment above) on 6/18/2008 5:35am Get your FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU GO PICKING A FIGHT, AND DON'T TRY TO FORCE ME TO BELIEVE BY STATING HE IS REAL! Thw whole piont is the Judas does not understand, understand? (If ppl as dumb as RB will get into heaven, it would be enough to make me change religions, if i had one..)
by Zeke on 6/18/2008 12:48pm RB, do you even know the meaning if deity? As Vince said, it's just a movie.
by Greg, Orange Australia on 6/20/2008 12:39am Superstar seems to be an agnostic hymn about Jesus the man, that ALW has put in the mouth of Judas. Its just a piece of artistic work, not spiritual truth. But it does sum up the modern doubts of unbelievers. Its the challenge of evangelists to address these modern doubts in their biblical teachings and messages. I quite like the song as defines the current challenge, and expresses the hope that agnostics want know more about Jesus, the man, the high priest and God incarnate.
by RG on 6/20/2008 11:55pm this is also to RB. Like vince said it's just a movie!!!! If u just let go a little bit of the reilgon then u would get J.C Super star because it is more of a modren twist aboout there relashionship of jesus and judas,and the more modren twist.because j.c super star is not that reliogos.
by Gussie on 6/27/2008 9:11pm My girfriend would go to her house after school (St Anns) and listen to this record over and over.The 70's ROCK I wish kids these days had it as good as all of us that are 50yrs old and up.
by Aimee on 7/10/2008 12:55pm that song is brilliant i am now a christian
by Josh on 7/15/2008 3:17pm This song is alright if once you know that it was told in Judas' point of view. When I first heard it I thought it was just a blastpheming song about how Jesus was just some man. I found the lyrics offensive when I first heard it and didn't know anything about the song. I think this song is the reason that Carly Smithson was voted off of American Idol.
by Voice of Reason on 7/22/2008 9:35pm Great song....substitute Barack Hussein Obama's name for Jesus Christ and you'll have the liberal news media's national Obama Superstar song. Vote republican!!!!!!!!!!!
by FRED on 9/2/2008 2:07pm This song is about about JESUS, who is a paedophile. JESUS rapes little boys and wanks over dead disabled children whilst wearing a NAZI uniform. Therefore, JESUS is a fucking cunt...
by ALLIE on 10/4/2008 6:22pm Fred, go and take a long walk off a short pier for those offensive, pathetic comments. Wonderful song, very moving to hear something from Judas' perspective. Tim Rice's lyrics are brilliant and it is the best song on the soundtrack. No mean feat, considering all the tracks are outstanding.
by Beth on 10/12/2008 6:03pm I was a kid in 73 when this came out the fist time... when I was 12 I saw a production in Washington, DC. I fell in love with the whole production. This song, however, stays with me... I have read all the postings. It strikes me that the message is more relevant today than ever - was Jesus' death a mistake? Was he who he said he was? These are the foundations of faith - not reality. Only by believing can we achieve peace. Believe in God or not - Jesus was a true prophet and this song shows that doubt is part of the faith we sing.
by Engla on 11/11/2008 9:47am I love this song!!We are doing jesus christ superstar in school and i am playin judas!! IT IS SOOOO MUCH FUUN!!!
by irina Ryan on 12/6/2008 4:18pm it is nice and i love the movie
by Gustaf on 12/10/2008 5:32pm This is the greatest Musical in the world!!!
by natalie on 1/1/2009 11:18pm to fred, wow you have a terrible attitude ? how can you begin to say something that horrible? i am designed by God to forgive you, and in time i guess, i'll come to understand that there are things that happen in peoples lives that make them bitter, but i cant for the life of me understand what has happened in your life to make you this way. do you not grasp that this life is all for something, and that if you don't act right now you will be condemned to a feiry hell? if you blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, this is an UNFORGIVEABLE SIN and you will never gain the warming love of Jesus Christ, and you will have no chance of redemption? i feel sorrow for you, and pity, because that is what you deserve, and you will be in my prayers from now. God Bless you.
by trolinghome on 1/14/2009 2:49pm you schmucks- tim rice wrote the lyrics.
by William on 1/28/2009 11:05am To the bible humper who said that this song is degrading to jesus. Get a fucking life. The person who wrote this was viewing it from Judas' point of view, not their own. This song is wonderful and a great depiction of Jesus being tempted during his walk to his death. Quit hiding behind your bible and wake the fuck up. P.s. i am a believer in jesus and God. but i hate the organized religions that support the idea of being poor and meek and mild is good, but are the most powerful and rich religions on the planet. Look at a cathedral. how come they're so god damn fancy when the money we donate to their charity could feed third world country's. All i'm saying is quit dissing a piece of music like this when you don't understand what your talking about.
by sn88q on 2/27/2009 2:16pm i love this song!!!!!!!! (RB i think u should understand THIS IS JUST A SONG so u should GET OVER YOURSELF!)
by Mark the Skeptic. on 3/23/2009 12:14am Lets see. On the one hand we have believers who have no problem with the concept of an all seeing all knowing God, a being of such power that it created the vastness of the universe, quibbling about the lyrics of song written 30 years ago! Seriously. The lyrics are expressing the doubt any person has in confronting the idea of Christianity. Why choose the middle east, not China which had 10 times the population, why didn't jesus speak out against slavery and why are both books of the bible riddled with inconsistancies and contradictions. Makes no sense.
by Will on 3/23/2009 5:29pm wow this is like the best movie ever.. i didnt really think they would have the lyrics but the internet has EVERYTHING
by Brian on 4/5/2009 3:49pm To Mark the Skeptic: I know about the struggle you are having. There are very valid reasons why it was "the middle east" and why "Jesus did not speak out against slavery". Also, many of the "inconsistancies and contradictions" can be explained. The whole thing really can and does make sense if one will receive Christ into their heart and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal these things to them. Hang in there and don't give up!
by Will I Am on 4/7/2009 12:08am @Mark The skeptic - China didnt have 10 times the Middle East population back then...Jesus did speak out against slavery...both books of the Bible? Friend, there are just a few more than 2 books in the Bible, LOL :) Inconsistancies and contradictions lie only in the interpreter ;)
by Dale on 4/12/2009 3:17am Just watched the movie again this Easter. I always take something new from it every time I see it again. I remember now why I found this song to be my favorite as a 7 year-old when I had heard the LP's for the first time. Glad I looked up the lyrics to this song because I was not sure what was being said at "who are you what have you sacrificed?" The experience of movie the first time I saw it is also what I remember well. Wowsers, that was a long time ago.
by Sean on 4/12/2009 6:20pm "What have you sacrificed?" Indeed, if Jesus knew with certainty that his death was not permanent, where exactly is the sacrifice in his actions?
by phantom on 4/17/2009 10:46am I used to think this song was blasphemous, but now seeing the lyrics, I tend to understand better that it's a snapshot of the doubts that each and everyone of us is grappling with from the non believers bitter and hateful like Fred; the skeptic like Mark; the activist like RB; new Christians; growing Christians like myself and even matured Christians like Priests, etc. No one is absolutely immune it's a matter of how you respond to these doubts. Look at it this way; you can spend your life on earth being a better person because you believe in JC only to die and find that it was a farce or live an adhoc (aka spontaneous)non believing life and die to find it was all a farce or live either way to find it's all true, use your tongue to count your teeth. Anyway I saw the performance of the song by Anastacia last year and it was fabulous.
by nick on 4/19/2009 8:07pm i like to think that judas never went to hell like many ppl think...he was just a pond in a game of chess, so i like this interpretation that he isn't in hell and was doing god's work
by April on 4/20/2009 10:11am The song may be about Juda's view, but it speaks to millions of us who feel the same doubt and questions. I've raised my children to question faith, not to belive blindly, but to always have an open mind. What good does that do, when a vacation bible school asks my 6 year old not to come back the next summer because she questioned how Noah could get all those animals on the ark and other questions a 6 year old has. I like your question Sean, waiting for an answer from the more faithful.
by dave on 5/4/2009 6:22pm do people realize Tim Rice wrote the lyrics?
by lisa on 5/12/2009 10:33pm heres a believer that so gets this song and btw is singing the soul sister part in our local production of jc....to me judas is questioning god as HE (god) himself actually understands..that we are human and doubta are indeed a normal part of how he has made us...its called free will. also i have come to understand that by singing dont you get me wrong and i only wanna know its kind of a prayer in a way that reaches out and says SHOW ME YOU ARE GOD ..anyway thats my peice said x
by WilliamK on 6/11/2009 12:44am I was one of those children that was raised in the church(baptist), and believed, with a half heart, even as a child. Since adulthood I have been steadily searching and learning different aspects of why, how, who and what we are, god is and everything between. Far as I'm concerned, each religion or belief is kind of on the right path, but strays because of environmental and ego driven ideas added onto the knowledge. Anyways, love the song and the interracial cast. Wonder if this play would have been as famous if they made Jesus black and Judas white?
by JL on 6/17/2009 9:47pm yea, RB=total loser!...this song rocks!...not to mention, a musical theatre classic...JCS is my fav musical...I can listen to it over and over ;)
by jennifer ann on 7/15/2009 3:46pm love it love it love it!...it's amazing that after all the years that have passed since his ultimate sacrifice, jesus is still on our minds and in our hearts and lives today..his existence is seen throughout all of creation..we truly worship a living god..
by Isak on 10/9/2009 4:48pm To natalie: God sucks ass!! And you know it!

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