Your favourite lyrics from the album?

[MadFan]

Wheewww trying to distil this record into a maximum of 20 options that the poll would allow, really proves how much she turned it out lyrically this time. I easily could have done double, but these are the ones I've seen mentioned a lot around here.

If it's not on there, comment below.

Let's hear the ones you like and the ones you love!

[Paul]

Hot hot hot put your hot sauce on me. 

[ThomasW]

47 minutes ago, Paul said:

Hot hot hot put your hot sauce on me. 

what about mas mas mas 

[bard]

for your consideration, some of my favorites:

"Understand your violence and the trauma you've survivеd/Nobody's free until they're broken"

"Time is a river we cannot unwind"

"Once I had a masterpiece that burned in a fire/Maybe you're Picasso but you're also a liar"

"Paint me with your memory and not with your eyes"

"Eyeliner smeared, running out the door/Still there from the night before"

also... i'm pretty sure she says "broken in two," not "broken too" like most of the lyrics say online. 

[Selena]

I like these:

It's really hard for me to trust people. Can you blame me? I never know what people like me. That's why I like to go dancing. Safety in numbers.

Good for the soul. The ones that you love will keep you alive. Good for the soul. Catch us dancing in the rain, no need to explain

Understand your violence and the trauma you've survivеd. Nobody's free until they're broken. Undеrstand your silence and the drama deep inside. Nobody's free, it's just a token.

Don't comment on my ideas. I don't want your judgment or your expectations. Don't wind me up like a toy. Your vision of me is a killer of joy.

I know where the bodies are buried. Don't try to shut me up. Don't try to distract me with numbers. I did it all for love.

It's not what I say, it's not what I do. It's how my body language talks to you. I just want to lose myself in the groove. Get over here.

Everyone here is a work of art.

You like to be a bully, you like to always win. Shut your mouth (Shut your mouth, shut your mouth). You have to be the hero, you make a mess and go. Shut your mouth (Shut your mouth)

Why you always make me feel so bad about myself? Why you always make me wanna be like someone else? I just wanna shut you down, why you gotta hang around? It's not okay, I don't fuck with it!

It's more than love, yeah. Knowing that I can feel trust. When I feel let down, yeah. You tell me I should take it slow. Whenever I doubt you, I have a premonition. And I can see clearly where I should be. You set me free with your love sensation.

Call it trance, call it house. Call it love without words. Call it love without words. Love without words. 

This is a club, this is a temple of sweat and surrender. Where rhythm replaces reason and movement. When we dance, it makes our heads turn.

Once I had a masterpiece that burned in a fire. Maybe you're Picasso but you're also a liar.

Paint me with your memory and not with your eyes. I'm not colorblind and I won't compromise.

People really think that there's a beginning and ending. To this thing called life. But energy never dies. This is just a portal we're going through.

When I'm alone. I see you standing there. I see inside your soul. And I feel whole. We were so lost. As children we would dream. We thought we'd run away. And we'd be free.

Late last night I was fast asleep. You came to me in a dream.  You said, "Don't forget about me". "Don't forget to be happy". (So I hope you found a higher ground, a higher ground). (So I hope you found a higher ground, a higher ground).

You are my life (Around the world).You are my lover. Into the night (My way of light). Come into the light. My sins are my savior. You give me life (My way of light). 'Cause you take me higher. Stay by my side. Come into the light. My sins are my savior.

I tried to find my way. In unfamiliar faces. I looked for love. In unexpected places.

I was not lost, I was just broken (Oh). They tried to take me down. They tried to take my crown. They whispered lies. They tried to break me. But I would not give in. My sins are my savior.

When the book of love is written, I am the writer. And by the last page, you will not be mentioned. It's not because you never loved me. It's just because you lost your faith.

Thе chapters, they are many, the verses, they are few. I hope that when it's over, I'll still think of you. It's not because I can't forgive you. It's just because I lost my faith.

And now we're dancing, yes, we're dancing. We're together, forever. You betrayed me, you enslaved me. We're together 'til the end. And we're dancing, yes, we're dancing. We're together, forever. Used to hate you, I don't hate you.  Blocked forever 'til the end.

Open the dam, let the water crash in. Let it go, let it go, let it go.

Little Star, I tried to put you on a pedestal.  You didn't ask for all the flashing lights.  I didn't think of how it could disturb. Or how it hurt. I wish I knew, the pain I caused. My butterfly. Was always being watched.

I know they tried to put us to the test. You're not to blame but. You need to be free now.  You made me whole when I was broken too. And I hope and pray I can do the same for you.

A hand, tenderly reaching to me. You are my reason to be. Or what I want, or look like. What I wear, or the clothes on my back. And what I attract. I trace the line. Of what you have sewn. Keep my own design. Make it a landscape. Make it aligned.

I know they tried to put you to the test. I'm not so different, time is knocking on my doorstep. You show me your razor sharp laser vision. Real brave will make you feel kind of different.

On Avenue B, she paints her lips cherry red. Mirror cracked in her hand. Eyeliner smeared, running out the door. Still there from the night before.

Everything fades away.  Except for you, you, you.

 

 

[spazz]

Everybody get up and dance ahhhhhhhhhh

[spazz]

i like this line from SCHOOL : If I was your dealer, I would give you my cut

[Phantom Pain]

My favourite is;

When the book of love is written i am the writer   

[Dickens]

"Love is the strangest thing / Just when you think you finally let go / It comes back to you."

[Phantom Pain]

Since my favourite wasn’t a pick i went with “everyone here is work of art” short but full of meanings

[nightcutter]

"nobody's free it's just a token"

[MadFan]

15 hours ago, Phantom Pain said:

My favourite is;

When the book of love is written i am the writer   

Fucking love this one too.

[pithy]

On 7/15/2026 at 12:10 PM, Selena said:

It's more than love, yeah. Knowing that I can feel trust. When I feel let down, yeah. You tell me I should take it slow. Whenever I doubt you, I have a premonition. And I can see clearly where I should be. You set me free with your love sensation.

Not the absolute favourite, but I love this as well. It reminds me of "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" by Cuba Gooding, especially as reworked by Serious Rope and Sharon Dee as something much clubbier in the early '90s. So fab.

[Selena]

2 hours ago, pithy said:

Not the absolute favourite, but I love this as well. It reminds me of "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" by Cuba Gooding, especially as reworked by Serious Rope and Sharon Dee as something much clubbier in the early '90s. So fab.

I've never even heard this song ☝

[spazz]

I love when she moans in IFSF - Creating a new persona 

 

[Butter9]

Everything fades away except for you

[Shaun]

"Time is a river we cannot unwind...don't forget that."

LITERAL CHILLS...especially coming from Madonna.

[Shaun]

On 7/23/2026 at 10:33 PM, Dickens said:

"Love is the strangest thing / Just when you think you finally let go / It comes back to you."

This is really good too. I agree.

[strictmachine]

So many great options but nothing sums this album up like “this is a temple of sweat and surrender” imo

[Dany Targaryen]

A hand tenderly reaching to me, you are my reason to be

[xoxoboi24]

come in to the club of love

[smirnoff_ice]

On 7/24/2026 at 12:47 AM, Phantom Pain said:

My favourite is;

When the book of love is written i am the writer   

 

On 7/24/2026 at 4:16 PM, MadFan said:

Fucking love this one too.

It is actually even better with this - 'And by the last page, you will not be mentioned' 

AMAZING

[Phantom Pain]

7 hours ago, smirnoff_ice said:

 

It is actually even better with this - 'And by the last page, you will not be mentioned' 

AMAZING

Love it and love the song!

[jonur]

Love all the options but since of mine were not on the poll:

”I know I left you behind and you resent me, a thousand reasons why you could never have me.” 
 

“I wasn’t meant for you.” 
 

“Sometimes, I like to just hide in the shadows.”

[smirnoff_ice]

8 minutes ago, jonur said:

Love all the options but since of mine were not on the poll:

”I know I left you behind and you resent me, a thousand reasons why you could never have me.” 
 

“I wasn’t meant for you.” 
 

“Sometimes, I like to just hide in the shadows.”

Great choices!! 

[lennylu]

"It's dangerous with just one person...that's not a nice feeling..."

"Late last night was fast asleep, you came to me in a dream, you said don't forget about me, don't forget to be happy..."

[domyeyebrows]

Happy to say there's a lot to choose from. Lots of my favourites aren't on that poll so...

"Understand your violence, and the trauma you survived"

"Late last night I was fast asleep, you came to me in a dream, you said don't forget about me, don't forget to be happy" (killed me on first listen)

"Everything fades away"

"She wears his leather jacket out in the rain, sleeps to forget his name" (that's Like a Prayer album tier writing)

"He drove way too fast, Shelby Cobra wasn't meant to last"

"No one wants to go outside, it's not okay it blows my mind"

"Whenever I doubt you, I have a premonition"

"When the book of love is written, I am the writer, and by the last page you will not be mentioned" (wow that's cutting)

"Safety in numbers"

There will be more but these jump out atm.

[vesper_wolf]

I wasn't meant for you

 

The clinically precise moment I crack every single time

[MadFan]

Reading these posts and I can't stop smirking 'cuz we're really all just out here having the same moments to this record. 

[MadFan]

I also love "Baby, free yourself and love is on the other side"