“Iscariot” speaks of a deep betrayal between frontman Nick Petricca and a friend from college.
The lyrics alludes to the relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot, the namesake of the song. Judas was the disciple who betrayed Jesus, leading to Jesus' arrest and crucifixion, as outlined i...
[Verse 1]
Until now, I knew this of myself
That if you had thrown yourself down
Into the lion's den
My brother, I'd follow you in
[Verse 2]
Perhaps I lack some foresight (Should have known)
But, brother, you were so right
Sure as the setting sun
You can't trust just anyone
[Chorus]
That's what you want
But it's not what you're asking for
I said, that's what you're asking
But you're gonna get more than you bargained for
I said, that's what you had
But you don't have it anymore
You had it coming
[Verse 3]
I never imagined you dead (I never)
But tell me, are you even aware?
That all that we did, you undo
Iscariot, you fool
[Chorus]
Well, that's what you want
But it's not what you're asking for
I said, that's what you're asking
But you're gonna get more than you bargained for
I said, that's what you had
But you don't have it anymore
You had it coming
Ooh, that's what you want
But it's not what you're asking for
I said, that's what you're asking
But you're gonna get more than you bargained for
I said, that's what you had
But you don't have it anymore
You had it coming
[Bridge]
You know you had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You had it coming
Oh, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother, my brother
Had it coming, my friend, my friend
You had it coming
[Instrumental Outro]
Iscariot was written by Nicholas Petricca.
Iscariot was produced by Ben H. Allen III.
WALK THE MOON released Iscariot on Tue Jun 19 2012.