Doesn't Have to Be This Way Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Jesdisciple 

Cover art for Doesn't Have to Be This Way lyrics by Alison Krauss

I was baffled until I read dynox's explanation, so I'll subscribe to it.

This was an interesting part to me:

Only Jesus and you who long to teach us Should know and be left to betray

Jesus was betrayed by Judas. Only Jesus and the addressed character get to know things and be betrayed by others. It seems like a sorely sarcastic line.