开始时还不知道这首歌在唱什么，但随着歌词和画面把故事娓娓道来，我才渐渐地意识到这首歌中的“我”，就是那位名叫“西门”的古利奈人。这首歌所描述的，就是在大约2000年前，西门带着两个儿子亚历山大和鲁孚进耶路撒冷，然后被罗马士兵命令背起耶稣的十字架的那段故事（《马可福音》15:21）。
配合着歌词，银幕上播出《耶稣受难记》这部电影的一些片段，我再次感受到耶稣的大爱，不由自主地感动流泪……
下午回到家，我就想上网找这首歌。虽然是第一次听这首歌，根本不知道歌名是什么，但我一猜就猜到歌名是“Watch The Lamb”，也找到“Watch The Lamb” 的MTV（并不是我在教会所看到的），在这里介绍给网友欣赏：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjxmOzsgp8
http://www.rayboltz.com/project_pages/WatchTheLamb/watch_the_lamb.php
Watch The Lamb
Words and music by Ray Boltz
Walking on the road to Jerusalem
The time had come to sacrifice again
My two small sons,
They walked beside me on the road
The reason that they came
Was to watch the lamb
CHORUS:
Daddy, daddy what will we see there?
There's so much we don't understand
So I told them of Moses
And Father Abraham
And then I said,
Dear children, Watch the lamb
For there will be so many
In Jerusalem today
We must be sure the lamb
Doesn't run away
And I told them of Moses
And Father Abraham
And then I said,
Dear children, Watch the lamb
When we reached the city
I knew something must be wrong
There were no joyful worshippers
No joyful worship songs
I stood there with my children
In the midst of angry men
And then I heard the crowd cry out,
Crucify Him
We tried to leave the city
But we could not get away
Forced to play in this drama,
A part I did not wish to play
Why upon this day
Were men condemned to die?
Why were we standing here
Where soon they would pass by?
I look and said, Even now they come
The first one cried for mercy,
The people gave him none
The second one was violent,
He was arrogant and loud
I still can hear his angry voice
Screaming at the crowd
Then someone said, There's Jesus!
And I scarce believed my eyes
A man so badly beaten,
He barely looked alive
Blood poured from His body,
From the thorns upon His brow
Running down the cross
And falling to the ground
I watched Him as He struggled
I watched Him as He fell
The cross came down upon His back,
The crowd began to yell
In that moment I felt such agony
In that moment I felt such loss
Until a Roman soldier grabbed my arm
And screamed, You, carry His cross!
At first I tried to resist him
Then his hand reached for his sword
And so I knelt and took
The cross from the Lord
I placed it on my shoulder
And started down the street
The blood that He'd been shedding
Was running down my cheek
They led us to Golgotha
They drove nails
Deep in His feet and hands
An yet upon the cross
I heard Him pray, Father forgive them
Oh, never have I seen such love
In any other eyes
Into they hands I commit My spirit,
He prayed and then He died
I stood for what seemed like years
I'd lost all sense of time
Until I felt two tiny hands
Holding tight to mine
My children stood there weeping
I heard the oldest say
Father, please forgive us
The lamb ran away
Daddy, daddy what have we seen here?
There's so much
That we don't understand
So I took them in my arms
And we turned and faced the cross
And then I said,
Dear children, watch the Lamb
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