It was the perfect night
then you had to go and ruin it with a kiss now
I'm trapped inside here
the innocence we held once so carelessly has been suffocated in this breathless moment

[Chorus]
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
so I'll give it all to you

With arms raised to the stars begging them to listen
With legs littered with scars cut from these olive branches
Now, point of return now crossed and our hands left shaking
tonight we give in to tempation

[Chorus]
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
so I'll give it all to you

Someone stop my mind from screaming
It's so loud I can her myself think
Life, Death, Religion, Survival
It makes no sense
Don't try to tell me that I'm a coincidence

[Chorus x2]
Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
so I'll give it all to you

If I never have you, then I can never lose
Now, everything here is a lie
Where is the truth?
Where is the fuckin truth?



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Gethsamane song meanings
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  • +1
    General Comment:Sorry if I'm waaaay off, but this is what I think:
    Basically a guy and a girl being friends, and the girl making a move on the guy and the guy feeling like he has to go out with her. He misses how they used to just be friends, before it got all complicated. The girl wants the guys virginity, and because the guy is innocent and all he doesn't realize he's being used, but he knows there's something going on.
    OR:
    It could be about how the Government is sucking money out of our pockets, and people are pretty much oblivious to it. And because we grow up with patriocy, we trust our Government, and they're abusing out trust. I think this one makes more sense because of the title...
    Considering Tim's Agnostic, I doubt it's about Christianity with Judas etc,however I think they're using this as an extended metaphore.
    Flag Raktafon November 19, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I'm sorry Atheist Lurker I'm being a hypocritical jackass. I'm really sorry, try and forget the comment. I don't mean it anymore.
    Flag RA2y5on June 12, 2010   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:No offense, AtheistLurker, but that's a perfect example of how people jump on the, "What I think about religion" band wagon, he came to post what he thought about a song, not have his faith poked at with a stick.
    Flag RA2y5on June 05, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:No offense fat Justin, but not everything you hear in a church is the truth.
    Flag AtheistLurkeron March 28, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Damn Evil1 is exactly correct.
    I was in Sunday School the other day, and they were talking about Gethsamane, and I was like, "Wait, isn't that a Rise Against song?".
    Flag FatJustinCantSkankon February 01, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I agree with JBcynical. Makes sense. Only if you have a chip on your shoulder about Christianity.


    The references are metaphors. He's talking about giving himself to someone and being betrayed.

    The line "Don't try to tell me that I'm a coincidence" is that he is wrestling with what the meaning of everything is, becuase he was betrayed by the person he gave himself to. They said it didn't mean anything. It was just a coincidence.

    Life , death, religion , survival where's the truth?

    He's suggestying you can't count on anything.
    Flag peter_j_son October 13, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Isn't he singing in the last chorus something like "and i don't believe in you (something i dont understnad) believe in me"... Im not that sure because im not a native speaker, but the "i dont believe in you" is hundert percent!
    who understands that part?
    Flag Frenchie2010on September 15, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yeah i too think it is about someone betraying himself stupidly by losing his virginity to someone he does not care about and he compares himself to the situation at gethsemane. "your asking of me everything so i'll give it all to you" which means in the guys view sex and in jesus' perspective to sacrifice his life for us.
    Flag Slawter81on July 06, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I'm thinking coincidence is exactly what we are.
    Ugly coincidence.

    I agree with JBcynical. Makes sense.
    Flag MissNeuroticon March 09, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:"Don't try to tell me that I'm a coincidence"

    That's the most powerful part of this song, to me anyway.
    Flag caseron September 23, 2007   Link

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