1. Honoring inner darkness in order
to bring thy self into light

2. March 28, 1986
New York City
American singer and songwriter.
studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly
attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
well recognized for her flamboyant, diverse and outré
contributions to the music industry through
fashion, performance and music videos. She has sold
an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles
worldwide,
Guinness World Records
five Grammy Awards and,
thirteen MTV Video Music Awards.

3. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Judas, Juda-ah-ah
I'm in love with Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Judas Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with When he comes to me, I
Judas, Judas am ready
I'll wash his feet with my
Judas, Juda-ah-ah hair if he needs
Judas, Juda-ah-ah Forgive him when his
Judas, Juda-ah-ah tongue lies through his
Judas, Gaga brain
Even after three times, he
betrays me

4. Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh- I'm just a holy fool, oh
oh, oh-oh-oh baby he's so cruel
I'll bring him down, bring But I'm still in love with
him down, down Judas, baby
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-
oh, oh-oh-oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
A king with no crown, king in love with
I'm
with no crown Judas, Judas
I'm just a holy fool, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
baby he's so cruel I'm in love with
But I'm still in love with Judas, Judas
Judas, baby

5. Judas, Juda-ah-ah Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-
Judas, Juda-ah-ah oh, oh-oh-oh
Judas, Juda-ah-ah I'll bring him down, bring
Judas, Gaga him down, down
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-
I couldn't love a man so oh, oh-oh-oh
purely A king with no crown, king
Even prophets forgave with no crown
his crooked way
I've learned love is like a I'm just a holy fool, oh
brick, you can baby he's so cruel
Build a house or sink a But I'm still in love with
dead body Judas, baby

6. I'm just a holy fool, oh In the most Biblical sense
baby he's so cruel I am beyond repentance
But I'm still in love with Fame hooker
Judas, baby Prostitute wench
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Vomits her mind
I'm in love with But in the cultural sense
Judas, Judas I just speak in future
tense
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Judas kiss me if offenced
I'm in love with Or wear an ear condom
Judas, Judas next time
Ew

7. I wanna love you
But something's pulling
me away from you
Jesus is my virtue
Judas is the demon I cling
to
I cling to
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so
cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so
cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby

8. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga

9. words denotative connotative
Judas The one who betrays Sins that are shown & did
jesus. by human
king A person of great Christ
importance, position, or
power.
fool A person lacking in A martyr one. Even she
understanding, knew she’s wrong, she
judgement or common continue it anyway
sense.
Dead body In a state of resembling Destroyed relationship
death.
virtue A general moral Her strength
excellence; uprightness;
goodness

10. Elements of Poetry and
Figures of speech
Literary devices
Metaphor
Rhyme
- Jesus is my virtue
- But in the cultural sense
Simile:
I just speak in future tense
- love is like a brick
Repetition Allusion
- Judas, Juda-ah-ah - I'm still in love with
Judas, Juda-ah-ah Judas
Judas, Juda-ah-ah Synecdoche
Refrain
- his tongue lies through
- Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
his brain
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Oxymoron
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
- holy fool
A king with no crown, king with no crown
Paradox
Consonance
- king with no crown
- In the most Biblical sense
I am beyond repentance
Alliteration Beat: it has a quite fast beat, where you can
- But in the cultural sense dance with the song, and it sounds like a
I just speak in future tense chant.
Assonance
- I wanna love you
But something's pulling me away from you

11. JUDAS LADY GAGA GOD
Betrayal Forgiveness

12. does great light produce great shadow
in us?
whats the measurement between
forgiveness from betrayal?

13. historical biographical
-because of her beliefs, it affects her personalities and some works.
"the inspiration behind the song as walking towards the light force in
her life and peering towards the devil in the back, while clutching
onto the source of the light. "
existentialism
-she try to keep back and forth between darkness and light in order
to understand who she is.
feminism
-the song talks about her. sufferings from wrong man to another
wrong man, that steps her personality as woman. betraying her, to
the point she was eaten by the shadow she has.

14. Judas
Lady Gaga
Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
Judas! Juda-as Judas! Juda-as
Judas! Juda-as Judas! GAGA

15. Judas is the disciple of Jesus who betrayed him into the
hands of the Romans to be crucified. His name is
synonymous with betrayal, falsehood, and just plain
evil. He was as close to Jesus as one could be, as he
spent many miles and days following him. For Lady
Gaga to say that she’s in love with Judas implies that
she is attracted to the dark side, or even just attracted
to those things that are less than godly. Note how she
ends this section of the song by saying her own
name, which may indicate a fusion of identity between
her and Judas. Perhaps she sees herself as a Judas
figure.

16. [ Lady Gaga - Verse 1]
When he comes to me, I am
ready
I’ll wash his feet with my hair if
he needs
Forgive him when his tongue
lies through his brain
Even after three times, he
betrays me

17. There’s a lot going on here. In the Bible, a woman washes
Jesus’ feet with her hair. And there is a place where
Peter, Jesus’ disciple denies him three times, and later Jesus
forgives him. So much of this is actually from the perspective of
Christ. But the first two lines could also be from Lady Gaga’s
perspective. When Jesus comes to her she is ready to show
that she loves him by showing him the same kind of affection
and reverence as the woman who washed his feet with her
hair. But the quick transition in the next few lines may indicate
that Lady Gaga is saying these things of Jesus from her
perspective. That she feels that he has betrayed her
somehow, or lied. Perhaps she is expressing her frustration at
how the church has lied to her somehow.

18. I’ll bring him down, bring him
down, down
A king with no crown, king
with no crown

19. The Jews were expecting a conquering messiah. They
weren’t expecting their savior to die on a cross. Jesus
was a king without a crown, in that he didn’t seek power
on earth to rule while he was living here. I have heard it
said that Judas was waiting for Jesus to become that
powerful king on earth, but when he realized that he
wasn’t going to fill that role, he decided to betray him
since he felt betrayed. This is all speculation, but it fits
with an interpretation of the lyrics. Judas is bringing
Christ down because he is a king without a crown, and in
his eyes, a false messiah. Another way to interpret is to
continue from the perspective of Lady Gaga from the last
stanza, and say that she is bringing Christ down in how
she lives, and by what she feels. Notice that the word
down is repeated three times. The betrayal happens
three times.

20. [Chorus]
I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby
he’s so cruel
But still I’m in love with
Judas, baby
I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby
he’s so cruel
But still I’m in love with
Judas, baby

21. This could actually be from Jesus’
perspective. Jesus knew Judas’ heart, and it
is safe to say that he still loved him
regardless. So Lady Gaga is calling him a Holy
Fool for keeping such an evil man close to
him. Or, this could be Lady Gaga
acknowledging that she is foolish to love
Judas and what he represents, but she can’t
help it.

22. Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
Judas! Juda-as Judas! Juda-as
Judas! Juda-as Judas! GAGA
[Lady Gaga - Verse 2]
I couldn’t love a man so purely
Even prophets forgave his crooked
way
I’ve learned love is like a brick you
can
Build a house or sink a dead body

23. She could be saying that she can’t love a man without also
being impure, which is that conflict between holiness and
sin. But the second line puzzles me. Prophets spoke
about one who would betray Jesus, but I don’t see how
they forgave him. Unless she is speaking about Jesus, and
implying that Jesus was somehow crooked. This is possible
since much of this song is about loving Judas and to see
things from Judas’ perspective would probably paint Jesus
in this negative light.
The last two lines are a little easier to discern. Love is like
a brick in that it can build up or bring down. Love is what
brought Christ to live on earth, but it is also what brought
him to the cross. Love can give meaning to
relationships, but it can also lead to tremendous sacrifice
and pain. At the end of the video, Lady Gaga is stoned (or
bricked) to death. Just keep that in mind.

24. I’ll bring him down, bring him down, down
A king with no crown, king with no crown
[Chorus]
I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel
But still I’m in love with Judas, baby
I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel
But still I’m in love with Judas, baby
Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
Ohohohoh
I’m in love with Judas, Judas
[Bridge]
In the most Biblical sense,
I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her
mind
But in the cultural sense
I just speak in future tense
Judas kiss me if offenced,
Or wear an ear condom next time

25. In the Bible, Judas hanged himself after betraying
Jesus. He felt despair and considered himself
beyond repentance. So, in the most Biblical sense
he is beyond repentance because that’s what
happens in the Bible. But Lady Gaga is also
speaking from her perspective, since in the next
line she lists reasons that she is beyond
repentance. In that sense, she is not correct, since
the Bible teaches that no one is beyond
repentance. BUT, we can look at it another
way, and for that we need to consider the whole
stanza.

26. In the last four lines she is speaking to the people in our
culture. To say she speaks in future tense is to call herself a
cultural prophet. How is she a prophet? She identifies the
hypocrisy of those who condemn her. Those who judge
her, are supposed to be those who don’t judge. I am
referring to the Christians. In the second to last line she
refers to those hypocrites as Judas because they have
betrayed Christ and his teachings. It is not hard to see how
Lady Gaga would arrive at this conclusion since she is an
outspoken proponent for gay rights. From her
perspective, many Christians hate and judge
homosexuals, which is contrary to what Jesus would have
done. When she tells them to wear an ear condom she is
saying many things. For one, she is telling them not to
listen to her if it makes them so disgusted.

27. She is also poking fun at the issue of abstinence vs.
safe sex. There is controversy among those who
believe sex should not be taught in school, and that
condoms only promote premarital sex, and those
who believe that sex is going to happen anyway so
people need to be educated on how to do it without
hurting themselves. Many Conservative Christians
largely favor the abstinence policy over the condom
use policy, so to tell them to use a condom is a
jab. Finally, AIDs is an issue in the gay community
and condom use is meant to prevent the spread of
it. I could be completely off here, but based on
some reasonable evidence, I think I’m at least on
track.

28. I wanna love you,
But something’s
pulling me away from
you
Jesus is my virtue,
And Judas is the
demon I cling to
I cling to

29. This is the heart of the
matter. There is a conflict
between values and
actions. There is a prevalence of
hypocrisy among
Christians, people in general, and
specifically Lady Gaga herself. We
are torn between what is right and
what we want.

30. THEME:
•Betrayal can destroy
your faith, or holds your
faith even more. To
revenge.

31. END!
-CHRISTINA LLENO
-KATHLEEN REAZEL ALFONSO
-MARK KIO SANDOVAL