Musical interlude
nothing fails
I just had a long conversation with someone who is in real distress. It went on longer than either of us anticipated, and veered into a deep talk about good, evil, humanity, God, and the devil.
This song most closely expresses what I experience contemplating these issues. I can’t honestly say I believe in God, but I can’t honestly say I don’t. I want to. But the time of life I’m in now with regard to these questions is characterized by confusion and contradiction. Obviously, though I don’t know why, it must be this way right now.
‘I’m not religious, but I feel so moved
Makes me want to pray; pray you’ll always be here
It’s a hymn that’s not a hymn, and that is a hymn. I think that, like me in some ways, she can sometimes find the sacred in the profane. I find something sacred in her profanity. When you listen to—when you obsess over—someone like this for her entire career, you see some genuine human parts that won’t ever be obvious on the surface.
There’s no imagery, no antics, no video to distract, so you can just listen if you want to give it a try.
‘I’m not religious, but I feel such love
Makes me want to pray’
To "be religious" is to be in, and stay with, the struggle, even (and especially) when you strongly suspect there is no point. Peace, Brother.
Like several here, I've never heard this song before you introduced it to us. This is the Madonna music that I like...I never much got into her more mainstream, radio play stuff, but somehow discovered Music and Confessions on a Dance Floor (both of which I listened to in secret...lol). Thanks for sharing.
Josh, thanks for what you do, taking slings and arrows and such. It's great the community that you and Kevin have built up here. I hope you're proud of yourself! Blessings...