What do you think Judith means?

A Perfect Circle: Judith Meaning

Album cover for Judith album cover

Song Released: 2000


Judith Lyrics

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 the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this to you
Took all you had and
Left you this...

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  1. anonymous
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     Jan 30th 2007 !⃝

    First of all, all of you are treating interpretations as if they should be fact. An interpretation is....an interpretation. It can't be wrong. Learn to dictionary? I, for one, have seen the eMOTION DVD and think a backround does help with interpretations, but is not necessarly needed. I agree with what a lot of you are saying when you say that this song is not anti-christian. They could have been written out of anger but think about the line "Still you pray, never stray, never taste of the fruit. Never thought to question why?" Christians tend to believe and have faith in this religion but never stop and question some of the obvious things (not necessarily flaws). Questioning would be a sin, right? From my understanding, people (christians) were saying negative things about Maynard's mother and about how she isn't having enough faith. My reaction to that would be...... FUCK your god! His mother is dying, and people are talking shit about her questioning her lord? It is pure ignorance to just go through live forcing yourself to believe in something that isn't apparent, isn't clear, and could have very well been an idea.(not that I believe it was) Maybe this is not quite Maynards intention, but it is what runs through my head as I listen to this song

  2. sabrinaxsadistic
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     Dec 7th 2006 !⃝

    Judith is about Maynard's mother.
    how she kept her faith even when she was going through so much pain and suffering.
    maynard just didn't understand her beliefs
    he thought god did that to her
    its not really saying that he's anti-christians.
    and even if they are..
    its beside the point
    it has nothing to do with their religion
    but that of his mother
    this song is basically about his mom.

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  3. anonymous
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     Nov 6th 2006 !⃝

    I can't believe how uneducated you all are. The meaning of this song is fairly apparent, and the fact that you cannot spell your interpretations properly is seriously starting to hurt me. And by the way, if you're going to abort the king's english, at least stick to the subject and avoid using this forum as a medium for your perspective on christians and the early church. Your ignorance is best disguised by keeping your mouths shut, not by spouting pretentious contradictions.

  4. anonymous
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     Oct 28th 2006 !⃝

    I think its totally anti-christianity and abolishing the Bible since it claims adam n eve were thrown out of paradise onto this world for tasting the fruit. And he continues saying that we never question his motives.

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  5. livininsular
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     Oct 12th 2006 !⃝

    Jesus addressed judas, in respect to the desciple, "you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me."

    this song isn't about anti-religion. I do not take it upon myself to declare another man's faith, but it would seem to me--being that he and his collegues draw upon so much knowledge--that mjk is spiritual, not religious. This means a lot, especially if you can grasp works for carl jung, and especially pertaining to the archetypes and collective unconscious. That being said, I think the band took a very agnostic approach to christianity in general, not the religion as an esoteric belief, but rather institutionalized dogma. As denoted in the gosple of judas, the other deciples went on to teach of christ as if he were a holy figure, but never explained what made him holy, aside from the vague product of a varied-in-interpretation god. They saw a man, they saw his deeds, put him on a pedestal and then the world made him a martyr. It was then written that he died for our sins. This is what really confounds interpretation. Why did he die for our sins? Did he die because we are all heinous people, and need immediate momentous redemption? Did he die to become a martyr and a beacon for which sheep to flock too? Or did he die to transcend generations, to set examples for those who could not witness him? The churches profess the christian faith to be one that seems to idolize a man, to hold him above the rest. It was the christ figure who disbelieved in the corrupt rituals of institution; it was he who allegedly would preach of god on sunday (the day after the sabbath) of how we are each a temple. He said we are each medium of the divine, each children of god and/or creation. From this I ask: did he die or relinquish what is still present, or as a means of showing the world what we really are, and for us as free spirits of god to grow and expand into eternity?

  6. Toolio
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     Sep 15th 2006 !⃝

    This song is basically a huge give-away if you know what happened to his mother, Judith Marie. I think it's great to read the lyrics to this and Tool's "Wings for Marie" and "10,000 Days."
    ...Pretty interesting.

  7. anonymous
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     Jun 11th 2006 !⃝

    This is obviously about his mother, considering the song is called "Judith". I think it's about him not understanding how is mom still believes in God, after he left her "broken down, and paralyzed". Which we know now is what happened to his mother.

  8. simostylie
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     May 20th 2006 !⃝

    SMRT you better not be mocking me not once in my interpretation. Did I say that MJK was not anti-christ? it just seems funny how so many of the songs happen 2 be about bible subjects and jesus. I still stick with my meaning although I do believe that it is about how his mother suffered for a long time for no reason and how god could be so blind as not to see this and fix it if he was a just being and this could have been the up bringing to MJKs anti-christianism, if that's a word.
    And by the way there is nothing wrong with following people if that's what your comfortable with so you could just be the sheep in this person you like to call a sheep's eyes. If the whole world were individuals they would all be called followers by those who weren't individuals. See?

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  9. nicweb
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     May 7th 2006 !⃝

    Whether APC is anti-Christianity is beside the point in regards to this song. This song is written in anger. MJK's mother did nothing but serve her God the way she was supposed to, and still ended up suffering. MJK is angry at God for letting someone who did nothing wrong suffer.

  10. powerfix
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     Mar 29th 2006 !⃝

    I understand that judith is about maynards mother etc but the lyrics in the song are very powerful and in a sense damning of the christian faith.
    the opening line "such an inspiration....." basically says that the believes the way christians live their lives to be wrong, for example "never taste of the fruits" means to me that christians live their lives keeping to strict laws and are never able to live life to its fullest and that they believe if they stray from these laws then they will be sinning. "its not like you killed someone" says to me that there is no reason to be this strict on yourself, its not like you killed a man so why not just live a little."broken down and paralyzed" is basically how you become from not experiencing life to the full, banning yourself from certain pleasures and trying to keep yourself free of sin, but yet christ died on the cross for your sins "he dids it all for you"
    i personally believe this is what the song is about, not that it really matters what I think!
    if you are a fan of apc email me powerfix@hotmail.co.uk

  11. SMRT
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     Mar 22nd 2006 !⃝

    Give me a break, guys. Just because something is more esoteric doesn't make it right. The meaning of this song is in the lyrics, particularly the chorus. So we have "Judith," "Eulogy," the hidden track on Undertow, the band's website that heartily endorses occultism, an almost worship of Aliester Crowley, and an ad for Tool T-Shirts that says "you can scare Xians," the word replacing "Christians." Yet, you'll still get Tool fans that say, "Maynard's not anti-Christian. This song is actually about..." Give me a break, sheep.

    j5w2k9@hotmail.com

  12. simostylie
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     Mar 4th 2006 !⃝

    I think it could be a conversation between that guy judas from the bible who betrayed jesus three times and satan. like when he's like "its not like you killed someone, its not like you drove a hateful spear into his side." like saying that all those people were influenced by the Devil to do all those bad things.

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