Lyrics

Judas Kiss
Words & Music by Dave Nachmanoff

Ted I’m really sorry, that it had to come to this
That your brother had to be the one to give the Judas Kiss
For the sake of all the others, who might still be on your list
Ted I’m really sorry, that it had to come to this

I know you are my brother, but what else could I do?
When I read the words you’d written, how I hoped it wasn’t true
But hoping hard and wishing can’t make something be untrue
I know you are my brother, but what else could I do?

Bridge:

Am I my brother’s keeper? Yes the ties of blood are strong
I knew if I stayed silent, the trail of blood and tears you left behind
Would just go on and on and on

You always were a smart one, even when you were a kid
With your scholarships in math, and the madness that you hid
We’ll never understand what made you do the thing you did
You always were a smart one, even when you were a kid

From the day I turned you in, my life would never be the same
You brought shame and heaped dishonor, on our once-good family name
As the brother of a killer, that will be my claim to fame
From the day I turned you in, my life would never be the same

For years we tried to help you, though you cannot see that you’re ill
At least you’ll be protected, from a world you can’t accept
And even from yourself

Ted I’m really sorry that it had to come to this
That your brother had to be the one to give the Judas Kiss
To give the Judas Kiss