Some songs aren’t messages meant for other people.
Some songs are posted here as a message to myself.
Sometimes I need to be told things, sometimes I need to shut my mouth and listen.
Such is the message of the song at hand. Is it for you? Is it for me? Depends who is going to be the most brutally honest. Summer seers into the mind in this way, positing questions, the most torturous and debilitating questions for anyone the least bit susceptible to hiding behind prettiness and ease and the desire not to disrupt that which isn’t entirely broken down. We have come to accept the very lowest effort and behavior of others when it comes to how we are being treated.
YOU’RE GIVING LEADING ACTOR, YOU WANNA STEAL THE SHOW
SHUT YOUR MOUTH, SHUT YOUR MOUTH, SHUT YOUR MOUTH
YOU LIE WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO, THEY’RE GONNA FIND YOU OUT
SHUT YOUR MOUTH
This latest Madonna song, to be featured in the FIFA World Cup halftime show it seems, is a collab with Feid, and the music propels this onto the field with a propulsive party vibe with a darker edge thanks to the lyrical bombast and indictment. I love dark parties. Especially in the summer. All that drama, all that intrigue, all that unnecessary strife – and on the hottest days of the year to make it so much more unbearable.
I DON’T BELIEVE A WORD THAT YOU SAY
I WONDER IF YOU LIKE IT THIS WAY
I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW
Today Mercury goes into annoying retrograde motion, and there is also a full moon, so welcome to hell at the height of summer. Temperatures are also set to soar up to 100 degrees this week, so my aim is to lay low, keep to the pool and the AC, and lean into my daily meditations lest I lose what little is left of my middle-aged mind. Also, I’m completely out of fucks to give, so should anyone ask for one with annoying nonsense, I won’t be responsible for my response.
READ MY LIPS, TELL IT TO MY FACE
AND YOU CUT ME WITH YOUR LIES
‘CAUSE YOU HURT ME WITH YOUR KISS AND I REALIZE
YOU’RE JUST BROKEN, BROKEN UP INSIDE
BUT I WILL SURVIVE
It’s kind of cruel to tell someone they’re broken and basically tell them to fuck off in the same breath. But maybe cruelty is the kindest way to send certain messages. Madonna has always been one for summer drama, and this week her new album comes out. I’m planning on dancing the Mercury and full moon troubles away…
