Your heart is not open, so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say no

You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress you had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to God that it won't be long
Do you wanna go higher?

There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

Your heart is not open, so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress

There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

Learn to say goodbye
I yearn to say goodbye

There's nothing left to try
There's no more places to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye


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The Power of Good-Bye Lyrics as written by Richard Nowels Madonna Ciccone

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    The Power of Goodbye has got to be Madonna's saddest song ever!it's also an achingly beautiful Detroit Rock ballad and one of her all time best pieces ever. Madonna has said in her life that she hasn't performed this song on tour and it's easy to see why she feels that way. when asked about The Power of Goodbye, Madonna cried that if she were to sing it on tour, it would be harrowing and difficult for her because Madonna does not want to say goodbye to the ones she loves me most-her rabid audience/fanbase. And no wonder-The Power of Goodbye is a beautiful ballad a la Ciccone-the saddest song from Ray of Light-Two interpretations-Madonna truly misses Sean and Guy: They both changed and affected her life in a positive way but Lady Madge knows she can't have them anymore and she faces that she has to have closure and move on but it's still hard and difficult for Maddy because she absolutely loved Mr. Penn and Mr. Ritchie. The Power of Goodbye is also about the sad memories and specter of her mother's death. Maddy is haunted by her mother-there is Love abut also a deep Sadness. Madonna bursts into Her Wet and Sad Tears. And Inside, Madonna's All Still Wet! How Can She Explain How She Truly Feels? "There's No Greater Power Than the Power of Goodbye!/Learn to Say Goodbye!/I Yearn to Say Goodbye!," Madonna starts crying-and there's nothing she can do about it! She is Beside Herself and she's about to go absolutely out of her mind, insane and crazy. In The Power of Goodbye, Madonna does a cathartic primal scream "A victim of a kind of rage!"-Because She Absolutely Misses Her Mother. Finally, Madonna once said "Sometimes I Feel Like I Was Born to Live Up to My Name! I would have ended up a nun or This!" Madonna is a Rebel, no doubt. She's even angry at God and Jesus for the Loves That Got Away from Her and Her Mother's Death. No better Madonna song lives up to that Ciccone manifesto that The Power of Goodbye-it just shows that a little Ray of Light-there is a harrowing phantom of a dark cloud for Madonna. The lady cries in sadness. Truly one of her best! Namaste, Madonna! Briilliant ballad!

    rabbitbunnyon July 25, 2012   Link

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