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Madonna

Gone

Release date: 18th September 2000

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About This Track

'Gone' by Madonna is a track from the album 'Music', released in 2000. The lyrics find a narrator insisting that selling out is not the thing, rejecting the idea of being broken again, and choosing to walk away. They return to a refusal of surrender, with repeated denials of what others think, and a self-directed warning in the shape of “Why”. The overall stance is defiant but self-questioning, mixing boundary-setting with a sense that the listener, or the world, has misunderstood them.

"Gone" is a track by Madonna, from the album Music, released 18th September 2000. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Madonna.

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Lyrics

Gone

[Verse 1]

Selling out is not my thing

Walk away, I won't be broken again

I'm not, I'm not what you think

Dream away your life, someone else's dream

Nothing equals nothing

[Verse 2]

Letting go is not my thing

Walk away, won't let it happen again

I'm not, I'm not very smart

Why should I feel sad for what I never had?

Nothing equals nothing

[Chorus]

Turn to stone, lose my faith

I'll be gone before it happens

Turn to stone, lose my faith

I'll be gone before it happens

[Verse 3]

Selling out, is not my thing

Walk away, I won't be broken again

I won't, I won't fall apart

Dream away your life, dream away your dream

Nothing equals nothing

[Chorus]

Turn to stone, lose my faith

I'll be gone before it happens

Turn to stone, lose my faith

I'll be gone before it happens

Turn to stone (Turn to stone)

Lose my faith (Lose my faith)

I'll be gone before it happens

Turn to stone (Turn to stone)

Lose my faith (Lose my faith)

I'll be gone

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Track details

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2000
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Music
Music
Madonna
19th September 2000
Release year
2000
  1. —Nobody's Perfect
  2. —Impressive Instant
  3. —Runaway Lover
  4. —Paradise (Not for Me)
  5. —Cyber-Raga
  6. —I Deserve It
  7. —Gone
  8. —Amazing
  9. —American Pie
  10. —What It Feels Like for a Girl
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  11. —Music
    3:46
  12. —Don't Tell Me
    4:41
  13. —American Pie
    4:34
  14. —Runaway Lover
    4:47
  15. —Amazing
    3:43

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