Lady Gaga “Bloody Mary” Lyrics Meaning { Fully Explained]

Lady Gaga Bloody Mary Meaning {Explained]

Here is the meaning of Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga. After Lqdy Gaga used the track to imitate Wednesday Addams dance as portrayed by Jenna Ortega in the series, Bloody Mary is TikTok’s latest bop.

 

But we have some questions….

• What does Punktius mean?
• What does “I’ll dance, dance, dance With my hands mean?”
• Who is Bloody Mary?

 

 

Lady Gaga Bloody Mary Meaning

“‘Bloody Mary’ is about living halfway between reality and fantasy,” she wrote in a since-archived Facebook post back when the song was released in 2011. “I went to a dirty party in Berlin, and wrote ‘Scheiße’ the next day. It’s about wanting to be bad without permission.”

“I believe that Mary Magdalene was both fully divine and fully human,” she said at the time. “She has to be strong when Jesus fulfills the prophecy to die for everyone’s sins, but she still has the moment of humanity where she’s upset to let him go. She had to be a superstar, but she must have cried too.” {Lady Gaga, NME}

 

Bloody Mary Meaning Verse 1

Love is just a history that they may prove
And when you’re gone, I’ll tell them my religion’s you
When Punktious comes to kill the king upon his throne
I’m ready for their stones

Bloody Mary meaning by Lady Gaga in verse 1 portrays Mary Magdalene as a woman that is ready to die because she believes in Jesus so much and doesn’t feel sorry for him or herself. She decides to be strong and determined just to keep a resolute stance about her love for him and her understanding of his power.

“I’m ready for their stones” She says. Bloody Mary attempts to paint Mary Magdalene as a woman who was not a crying scared woman.

Rather, as someone who knows that everything bad that is happening is for a reason, and even though she may not understand all the reasons, her love for him is strong enough to make her follow through

She isn’t some weakling. She further states that “I’ll tell them my religion is you“. This buttresses her argument that she loves her Jesus  so much that she sees her devotion to him as some sort of religion- something she is ready to die for.

Here is unapologetic Mary.

At this point, we begin to wonder, what does Punktius mean? 

 

Punktius Meaning as Inferred by Lady Gaga

Punktius meaning as inferred by Lady Gaga is a reference to the Cross that kills Jesus and  Pontius Pilate whose name is played on with the word “Punk“.

Hence, we have “Punktius”. Punktius meaning is therefore borne as a result of Pontius Pilate’s effort to Kill Jesus Christ by nailing him on the cross. Lady gaga plays on his name by referring to his as a “Punk”. Hence- Punktius.

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Bloody Mary Lyrics Meaning {Chorus}

I’ll dance, dance, dance
With my hands, hands, hands
Above my head, head, head
Like Jesus said
I’m gonna dance, dance, dance
With my hands, hands, hands
Above my head, hands together
Forgive him before he’s dead because

I won’t cry for you
I won’t crucify the things you do
I won’t cry for you, see (See)
When you’re gone, I’ll still be Bloody Mary

Dum, dum, da-di-da
Dum, dum, da-di-da
Dittie-da-di-da
Dum, dum, da-di-da
Dum, dum, da-di-da
Dum, dum, da-di-da
Dittie-da-di-da
Dum, dum, da-di-da

Bloody Mary Lyrics meaning as inferred in Verse 2 states that Mary is keeping to her “role” and determination to not shed a tear for her dead lover because she wants to be that kind of person that doesn’t see Jesus’ death as a calamity even though she is pained by it.

When she says “I’ll dance with my hands above my head“, she implies that she will dance why demonstrating hallelujah to God for the death of Jesus Christ. When you put you hands above your head while dancing, especially in this context, you are saying hallelujah to God and that’s exactly what Mary says she will do because she understands that her son knows what she is doing and she won’t be caught mourning.  Rather, giving thanks and staying unmoved.

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Bloody Mary Lyrics Meaning {Verse 2}

We are not just art for Michelangelo to carve
He can’t rewrite the aggro of my furied heart
I’ll wait on mountaintops in Paris, cold
J’veux pas mourir toute seule

 

The love between Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ is real, not just a biblical bedtime story or a romance to be reified in marble. And any attempts by Michelangelo to capture the passion Mary had for Jesus were in vain. The fury, anxiety, and grief she bore as Jesus was beaten, escorted to his grave, and hung- all while she watched- simply could not be replicated in any work of art. {Genius Annotation}

As opposed to the portrayal in the bible, Gaga Loves to believes that the love between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene was not an official “contract-like” one where he called her “Woman“. It was deeper than that and Mary was termed a superstar in her own right.

The reference to her as “Bloody Mary” is further emphasized when she says that she will wait on the mountaintops in Paris for Jesus Christ. She then further pleads that he shouldn’t let her die there when she says “J’veux pas mourir toute seule”

That’s Bloody Mary Lyrics Meaning by Lady Gaga

 

Major Highlights of Bloody Mary Lyrics Meaning

• Bloody Mary is about Mary Magdalene being a badass; a divine being and a superstar in her own right who says she will keep strong and not cry for her son for the amusement of his killers
• She calls Pontius Pilate a “Punk” when she refers to him “Punktius”
• “I’ll dance with my hands up” means that Mary will give hallelujah to Jesus Christ despite her pain

 

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