This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You're such an inspiration for the ways
That I'll 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 and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You 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 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
You never thought to question why
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
Did it all for you
He did it all for you
That I'll 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 and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You 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 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
You never thought to question why
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
Did it all for you
He did it all for you
Lyrics submitted by Jack, edited by jenebee, VaerellisKing, LeMarkyDussod
Judith Lyrics as written by Maynard Keenan Billy Howerdel
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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First off, I do not think people should be rejecting the posts of Christians.
Sure this song can be about several religions and apply to people who practice blind faith, however the song makes it pretty clear which religion it is talking about.
christ - The Messiah, as foretold by the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures. Often used with the Christianity Jesus.
"Talk to Jesus Christ if He knows the reasons why...He did it all for you...."
Pretty obvious we are dealing with Christianity here. Jesus Christ is only viewed as a Savior in Christianity, and Christianity only.
I would also like to point out that he book of Judith is included only in the Old Testament of Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles. So one could say that more specifically we are dealing with low blows to the Catholic faith.
"Not like you killed someone./It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side."
Here the song writer is challenging Christians to question the guilt they feel each time they sin. It suggests that if we didn't crucify Jesus, then why should we feel bad? After Jesus was crucified, a soldier pierced his side and blood and water flowed out. In the Bible, this is symbolic of a sacrifice. In the New Testament, the soldier piercing his side was not spiteful in the least. He was just checking to see if He was dead. I guess the song writer is being clever.
"Oh so many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you"
Strange he offers none. Instead offers blanket statements like how Christians can't defend this "lie" that has been given to them, so they "choke" on it. Or, “Never taste of the fruit” The fruit would be the fruit of the garden in Genesis. He is suggesting, we don’t have sin, we never did anything and we shouldn’t feel guilty.
"He did it all for you."
This is a reference to Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. It is tainted with sarcasm and he is trying to point out the guilt that would come from doing such a thing, and that this guilt is not necessary for the people of today.
Maynard's personal beliefs are he has none. He said himself, ".....believe in nothing." I think the only reason he is slightly vague in some points of the song is to be artistic, or confusing, whichever you prefer.
Regardless of who he is talking to, his mother, anyone, it is clear he has something against Christianity.
I myself am a practicing Catholic. I have studied scripture and have questioned my faith many times. One of the first questions I asked at a young age, was, If there is a God, then why do such horrible things happen? The answer is not clear. God loves us. I believe he created the universe and the natural world and left it to us. Everything bad that happens is either inflicted by nature, humans, and never by God. I believe he intervenes very rarely. Disease and such is a natural process. It is a part of life. Jesus gives everyone a burden. Some are worse than others, but never more than you can handle. I think it is sad Maynard is so mad at God for his mother’s sickness. Please do not reject my post because I am Catholic. I do find the song offensive, but I can understand his anger. I just wish he wasn’t angry, and do not see the need to discourage everyone from having faith. If he wote this song about gum drops and lollipops, no one would be upset. I admit I am upset, but never once did I bash his beliefs or lack their of. This is a very closed minded song, for a man who claims to be very open minded. I feel self proclaimed open minded people are the most closed minded.