A Perfect Circle - Judith

Back in 1999 (damn that makes me feel old), I heard this song on the radio. I'm very focused on lyrical content in the music that I like and once my ear was attuned to hear enough of the lyrics to understand just how blatantly blasphemous these lyrics were, I was somewhat surprised that this song could be played on the radio but, also amused that in America, the land that had burned Beatles records over a misunderstanding about something that John Lennon had said, a song like this could happily fly under the radar of the moral watchdogs. After 40+ years, have the evils of rock and roll become passe in American society? I hope so.

On a somewhat related side note, because of this song A Perfect Circle became my gateway drug into listening to Tool.

Judith by A Perfect Circle You're such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever choose to be Oh so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you Fuck your god Your lord, your Christ He did this Took all you had and Left you this way Still you pray, never stray, never Taste of the fruit Never thought to question why It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side Praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed He did it all for you He did it all for you Oh so many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you Pray To your Christ, to your god Never taste of the fruit Never stray, never break, never Choke on a lie Even though he's the one who Did this to you Never thought to question why It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ as if He knows the reasons why He did it all for you He did it all for you He did it all for you