Lady Gaga: Judas & the Age of Horus

Lady Gaga’s “Judas” video is a modern retelling of biblical stories, where Jesus and his disciples are portrayed as a biker gang. But don’t mistake the video for a Bible lesson as it twists and turns important scenes to give them a very different meaning. In fact, it can be argued that the video symbolically describes an important aspect of Gaga’s work and of society in general: a rejection of Christianity in order to make way to what has been called the Age of Horus. This article will look at the origins and the symbols found in Lady Gaga’s “Judas”.

(lyrics) 

When he calls to me I am ready
I 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

I'll bring him down
Bring him down, down
A king with no crown
King with no crown

I'm just a holy fool
Oh baby, he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I couldn’t love a man so purely
Even prophets forgave his goofy way
I’ve learned love is like a brick
You can build a house or sink a dead body

I'll bring him down
Bring him down, down
A king with no crown
King with no crown

I'm just a holy fool
Oh baby, he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
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 ear condom next time

I want to 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

I'm just a holy fool
Oh baby, he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby