A U2 Maundy Thursday

I listened to this song today, while preparing for our Maundy Thursday service, and found it appropriate. It is written from Judas' perspective.


Until The End Of The World
U2

Haven't seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold, just passing time.
Last time we met it was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom.
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time except you.
You were talking about the end of the world.

I took the money, I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think.
You led me on with those innocent eyes
And you know I love the element of surprise.
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart.
You, you were acting like it was the end of the world.


In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy.
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy.
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world.



And then there was this line from another song (Running to Stand Still), as I wrote of the bitterness of Christ's death on the cross:

Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.

The bitterness here refers to the aftertaste of sin, though.
Not sure what the 7 towers means, but the one way out is Jesus.