The Judas Kiss

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Kirk Hammett
  • Robert Trujillo

Total Performances

First Performed Live

February 25, 2009

Most Recent Performance

September 22, 2010

Lyrics

                        When the world has turned its back
When the days have turned pitch black
When the fear abducts your tongue
When the fire’s dead and gone

So, what now?
Where go I?

When you think it’s all said and done
When you are the ostracized
Selfish ridden dead goodbyes
Twisting on the tourniquet
When the pieces never fit

So, what now?
Where go I?

When you think it’s all said and done

Bow down
Sell your soul to me
I will set you free
Pacify your demons

Bow down
Surrender unto me
Submit infectiously
Sanctify your demons

Into abyss,
You don’t exist
Cannot resist,
The Judas kiss

When the storm has blacked your sky
Intuition crucify
When the ego strips your reign
Assassinate the living flame

So, what now?
Where go I?

When you think it’s all said and done

Venom of a life insane
Bites into your fragile vein
Internalize and decimate
Patronize and complicate

So, what now?
Where go I?

When you think it’s all said and done

Bow down
Sell your soul to me
I will set you free
Pacify your demons

Bow down
Surrender unto me
Submit infectiously
Sanctify your demons

Into abyss,
You don’t exist
Cannot resist,
The Judas kiss

Judas lives, recite this vow
I’ve become your new god now

Followed you from dawn of time
Whispered thoughts into your mind
Watched your towers hit the ground
Lured your children never found
Helped your kings abuse their crown
In the heart of feeble man
Plant the seed of my own plan
The strong and powerful will fall
Find a piece of me in all...
Inside you all

So, bow down
Sell your soul to me
I will set you free
Pacify your demons

Bow down
Surrender unto me
Submit infectiously
Sanctify your demons

Into abyss,
You don’t exist
Cannot resist,
The Judas kiss

© 2008 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

September 22, 2010

Christchurch, New Zealand

CBS Canterbury Arena

May 12, 2010

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

April 14, 2010

Oslo, Norway

Telenor Arena

March 1, 2010

Guadalajara, Mexico

Estadio Tres de Marzo

January 22, 2010

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Quilmes Rock @ Estadio River Plate

December 10, 2009

Anaheim, CA, United States

Honda Center

November 15, 2009

New York, NY, United States

Madison Square Garden

November 1, 2009

Quebec City, QC, Canada

Colisée Pepsi

October 27, 2009

Toronto, ON, Canada

Air Canada Centre

October 18, 2009

Charlotte, NC, United States

Time Warner Cable Arena

October 15, 2009

Cleveland, OH, United States

Quicken Loans Arena

September 20, 2009

Montreal, QC, Canada

Centre Bell