Biblical Allusions in Popular Culture Sample
Wendy Meister-Louria
Summer Reading Sample Biblical Allusions in Popular Culture
“Judas” - Lady Gaga
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! Juda-a-a!
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! GA-GA! (2x)
[Verse 1]
When he comes 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
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ahh ah ah ah
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ahh ah ah ah
A king with no crown, king with no crown
[Chorus]
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby!
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! Juda-a-a!
Judas! Juda-a-a! Judas! GA-GA!
[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
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Ahh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah
A king with no crown, king with no crown
[Chorus]
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
(Ew)
[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 offensed,
Or wear A condom next time.
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
[Chorus] i'm Just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy Fool, oh baby, it's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby whOh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-a-as, Juda-as
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as
Judas! Juda-a-as! Judas! Juda-a-as!
Judas! Juda-a-as! Judas! GAGA.
Lady Gaga. “Judas.” Lyrics. Born this Way . Interscope Records. 2011.
David Letterman “Top Ten Ways to Make the Apocalypse More Fun”
http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/top_ten/?year=2011&month=05&day=18&direct=t rue
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, …
1
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Amendment to the Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
