Story Behind The Song

I thought of how it would feel to be an apostle see and hear the things that transpired during the atonement and resurrection. What would they say to others about the experience?

Song Description

The last supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the cross, the tomb and the resurrection, all recounted from the view of an apostle who didn't quite understand until it was over.

Lyrics

He washed our feet; the greatest of all came to serve. He bade us eat; devotion we would not deserve. He gave us body and blood in similitude. He spoke of future events not yet understood. He said He sould not be with us long, Then He loft us with one more song. He tried to tell us, He tried to tell us. He led us out, and although the hour was late, He bade us sit, and asked us if we would but wait. Then He went into the dark of Gethsemane, And as He suffered and bled, we all fell asleep; But how could we know of His plight And the things He'd endure on that night? He tried to tell us, He tried to tell us.
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He tried to tell us, but we did not understand That all these things were done according to a plan. In our innocence we just could not see that the sacrifice He made would set us free.
(Verse 2)
The soldiers came, and He was betrayed by a kiss. and in our shame, we abandoned our Master like this. As they tried Him, He stood in quiet dignity, And he was hung on the cross for all to see. Then He died in the darkness and gloom, and His body was laid in a tomb. He tried to tell us, He tried to tell us. The stone was moved, and some of the women went in, but He was gone. An angel said, "He lives again." Then he appeared to us all and I stood and stared. I saw His hands and His feet with the nailprints there. Then I knelt at His feet and I wept, And I wished so that I had not slept. He tried to tell us, He tried to tell us.
(Chorus)
He tried to tell us that He would rise again To bring salvation and eternal life for men. If we follow Him, He will show the way. And We'll know just what it was He tried to say.