I personally think these lyrics are beyond a person's worst relationship. It can be very many different things. The one that I believe it is about the most is it's about Christianity. As you know Lady GaGa went to a very religious school and I bet the people there taught that homosexuality is a sin and this contradicts the saying that God loves everyone for who they are. I think that Judas represents the contradicting Christianity. Lady GaGa doesn't believe that God is someone like that. The verse "When he comes to me I am ready...even after three times he betrays me" means she is ready to fight against the contradictions of Christianity and claim cultural baptism. I think the verse "a king with no crown" means the god that has no ground, no justification or no explanation, which is how the bible contradicts itself. And for the chorus, this is the hardest part I guess. "I'm just a holy fool oh baby he's so cruel but I'm still in love with judas baby." It means I'm just doing what my heart tells me and I'm saying you're wrong but I still love you which was the way that god taught me- To love everyone. "I couldn't love a man so purely." This means I can't believe you because your bible seems very suspicious to me. "Even prophets forgive his crooked way." This means even the most respectful people believe these kinds of beliefs (For example that homosexuality is a sin). "I've learned that love is like a brick...sink a dead body." This means that I learned that your beliefs is about love but not in every case. And the bridge pretty much explains what Lady GaGa is trying to do- CULTURAL BAPTISM
"I want to love you but something is pulling me away from you." This means I want to believe you but your beliefs aren't what I want them to be.
"Jesus is my virtue and Judas is the demon I cling to." Jesus means that the real god is what I'm aiming for and Judas is the demonic religion I was brought up with. As I said earlier, this is just my interpretation, I love this song and love its ambiguity.
I hadn't even remembered that she was calling it a cultural baptism. When thought of like that, I think yours is an excellent interpretation. And I think that's how a lot of us feel about religion now. There's so much contradiction and hypocrisy in religion now, that it's hard to believe and do the things we are supposed to do when religion seems so corrupt.
Looking at this a lot less literally, not as a metaphor but as Judas being religion (which I have felt betrayed by many times) makes perfect sense. Thank you for posting.
I hadn't even remembered that she was calling it a cultural baptism. When thought of like that, I think yours is an excellent interpretation. And I think that's how a lot of us feel about religion now. There's so much contradiction and hypocrisy in religion now, that it's hard to believe and do the things we are supposed to do when religion seems so corrupt.
Looking at this a lot less literally, not as a metaphor but as Judas being religion (which I have felt betrayed by many times) makes perfect sense. Thank you for posting.
I personally think these lyrics are beyond a person's worst relationship. It can be very many different things. The one that I believe it is about the most is it's about Christianity. As you know Lady GaGa went to a very religious school and I bet the people there taught that homosexuality is a sin and this contradicts the saying that God loves everyone for who they are. I think that Judas represents the contradicting Christianity. Lady GaGa doesn't believe that God is someone like that. The verse "When he comes to me I am ready...even after three times he betrays me" means she is ready to fight against the contradictions of Christianity and claim cultural baptism. I think the verse "a king with no crown" means the god that has no ground, no justification or no explanation, which is how the bible contradicts itself. And for the chorus, this is the hardest part I guess. "I'm just a holy fool oh baby he's so cruel but I'm still in love with judas baby." It means I'm just doing what my heart tells me and I'm saying you're wrong but I still love you which was the way that god taught me- To love everyone. "I couldn't love a man so purely." This means I can't believe you because your bible seems very suspicious to me. "Even prophets forgive his crooked way." This means even the most respectful people believe these kinds of beliefs (For example that homosexuality is a sin). "I've learned that love is like a brick...sink a dead body." This means that I learned that your beliefs is about love but not in every case. And the bridge pretty much explains what Lady GaGa is trying to do- CULTURAL BAPTISM "I want to love you but something is pulling me away from you." This means I want to believe you but your beliefs aren't what I want them to be. "Jesus is my virtue and Judas is the demon I cling to." Jesus means that the real god is what I'm aiming for and Judas is the demonic religion I was brought up with. As I said earlier, this is just my interpretation, I love this song and love its ambiguity.
I hadn't even remembered that she was calling it a cultural baptism. When thought of like that, I think yours is an excellent interpretation. And I think that's how a lot of us feel about religion now. There's so much contradiction and hypocrisy in religion now, that it's hard to believe and do the things we are supposed to do when religion seems so corrupt. Looking at this a lot less literally, not as a metaphor but as Judas being religion (which I have felt betrayed by many times) makes perfect sense. Thank you for posting.
I hadn't even remembered that she was calling it a cultural baptism. When thought of like that, I think yours is an excellent interpretation. And I think that's how a lot of us feel about religion now. There's so much contradiction and hypocrisy in religion now, that it's hard to believe and do the things we are supposed to do when religion seems so corrupt. Looking at this a lot less literally, not as a metaphor but as Judas being religion (which I have felt betrayed by many times) makes perfect sense. Thank you for posting.