So here’s my first post with some inappropriate or vulgar language. Judith is a great song though, so calm yourselves.
A Perfect Circle is a band my mom has listened to ever since I can remember. Maynard James Keenan is the band’s lead singer and also did a lot of work for Tool when A Perfect Circle went dormant in 2004. Keenan was a huge momma’s boy and was devastated when she died. When Maynard was 11, his mother suffered a paralyzing cerebral aneurysm and later died of the complications. She was a very devote Catholic, and her son clearly displays his feelings for his mother’s faith in Judith, the song I’m reviewing today.
“You’re such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever chose to be. Oh so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you. F*ck your god! Your lord and your Christ! He did this, took all you had and left you this way. Still you pray, still you never stray, never taste the fruit, you never thought to question why.” It amazes me how so much rage can be formulated into words that ebb and flow with the music like mixing sugar into water. They meld together expressing Maynard’s rage at a god who his mother worshiped and loved so contently. Maynard expresses that she never strayed from her faith, “never taste of the fruit” (a relation to Adam and Eve no doubt), and yet this god still allowed her to be paralyzed for much of her life and allowed her to die.
“It’s not like you killed someone! It’s not like you drove a hateful spear through his side! Praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed. He did it all for you!” After doing some research on his mother I find that she was a caring person and was liked by many. So why would an almighty who loves us do such a thing to someone like this? Maynard makes an excellent and powerful point, which leads many to a vital question about life: why do bad things happen to good people?
This is why I personally do not believe in a god. People spend so much time worshiping and praying just to get squashed like bugs. If you ask me, god is a kid with a magnifying glass who’s frying us with the sunlight. Judith’s god abandoned and betrayed her. Why?
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