Madonna - To Have And Not To Hold Lyrics
To have and not to hold
So hot, yet so cold
My heart is in your hand
And yet you never stand
Close enough for me to have my way
To love but not to keep
To laugh, not to weep
Your eyes, they go right through
And yet you never do
Anything to make me want to stay
[Chorus:]
Like a moth to a flame
Only I am to blame
What can I do?
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I go straight to you
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I've been told
You're to have, not to hold
To look but not to see
To kiss but never be
The object of your desire
I'm walking on a wire
And there's no one at all
To break my fall
[chorus]
You're to have, not to hold
You're to have, not to hold
[chorus]
You're to have, not to hold
You're to have, not to hold
You're to have, not to hold
To break my heart
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Madonna To Have And Not To Hold Comments
I haven't heard this song in ages and just yesterday i heard it on my class of yoga and it was magical we were all moving to the rhythm of the song synchronized, such a beautiful imagery, indescribable with words. We touched heaven.
paparapapapá
this song can still put me to sleep and iv been listening to it since i was in the wond <3 <3
супер
I love this song! 😍
This one just wrecks me emotionally. I don't know if it's supposed to be sad though.
What a piece of ARTTTTTTT
I think this album will go down as her finest musical achievements and one of the finest recorded works of all music history.
Does anyone knows which "mantra" appears subliminar in this track ?
I still get chills listening to this album!! No Whitney,Celine,Mariah. No other woman singer has ever put out a body of work like this album. Will never happen again!! Periodt!!
to the love of my life.
I prayed Madame X would be and Ray of Light part 2......boy was I disappointed 😞
PERFECT!!
listening after my husbands death 18mnth ago this song has so much more meaning to me
Still amazingly beautiful in 2019!
Definitivamente el mejor trabajo de la REINA... Obviamente estuvo excelentemente concebido. No podía ser otro que William Orbit el que pudo lograr 4 grammys a este trabajo. Un álbum impecable, atemporal, místico, inédito en toda la carrera de Madonna. Pasarán mil años y este disco se mantiene vivo. Todas las canciones de él son simplemente magistralmente bien producidas y con una composición que logra transportarte a un estado espiritual sublime.
Madonna needs to be either in love or heartbroken in order to write heartfelt masterpieces like this , again.
She was in love with her daughter and in
spiritual peace
De acuerdo o no, el mejor disco de Madonna. Magistral interpretación, fascinantes sonidos. Muy bien elaborado, de pie a pa'.
Atemporal 🖤
does anyone else feel that this song is written about god?
MASTERPIECE..................!!!💜💓💜💓💜💓💜
RAY OF LIGHT IS MADONNA'S MASTERPIECE! This is her at her top form. Fantastic album.
Abba Kokoro Shankara
Like a moth to a 🔥 only I am to blame
Música Maravilhosa Diva Madonna
This album really was something else.
BE BEST IS TIME DO THE BEST NEVER BEFORE
YHWH IS ONE ADONAI ELOHIM REMEMBER
Amazing!
The best Madonna album!
I thought she would continue on this path...
This CD was my first Mothers day present. I had seen Madonna on Oprah after the CD was released. I've been a fan since the beginning. Well, I had a son and he is a bigger fan than I am. I swear to God he was getting Madonna in utero. That's the magic of music and the talent of Madonna.
Mqgnifique
28.06.2019 - 813.000 views
A masterpiece of album , best album in the entire world of
2019 and still this album is my favourite when driving. It's a masterpiece.
Um dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos e esta música foi amor desde a primeira vez que a ouvi! Ray of Light is AMAZINGl
she says the phrase 'like a moth to a flame' at 2012's TURN UP THE RADIO again. xixi
i feel lost in all these instruments and madonna's voice. <3 Amazing!!!!!
IMO, her most beautiful song ever, so tender, so sensual, so beautiful. Also her best album by far...
Here I am once again making my Madonna journey to ear my guilty pleasure
This song is like a spiritual journey... Painful at the begin... But in the end... My soul is so pure a free.
I LOVE. TH E SONG. MADONA IS PRETY
boring.
Yes you are right. This is not the usual "radio friendly" mainstream pop that gets you excited from the start to the end. You have to spend time listening to it to appreciate it
"Yet you never do anything make me want to stay....." what a beautiful, and deep line like millions of others Madonna you're an incredible songwriter, and singer you go girl!
her best album to date..each song dripping with spiritual emotion.
To Have And Not To Hold and This Used To Be My Playground always make me sad but always in a pleasurable way. I wonder if someone else relate with this too
I completely understand you, don't worry. This song always makes me cry. It's like I'm missing somethingI never had.
Like a moth to a flame, only I am to blame .
To look but not to see
To kiss but never be
The object of your desire
I'm walking on a wire
And there's no one at all
To break my fall.
The new songs melody has a slight simalarity to this!
I love the chanting of "abahu purusakaram" throughout the song, not only is it part of Shanti, but it's a really nice touch in this song
This song hypnotizes me...
never listened this song before, actually the entire album, but im so in love... this song is one of the best.
22.04.2019 - 773,800 views
ALGUIEN ESCUCHANDOLO EN 2019??💛💛
si, acá en Bolivia hoy 06-11-2019, muy bonita melodía
I've always known. Even when we were young. #sighted
Poetry on pentagram
THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE "Medellin"
Errrmmm... No☝🏽
This is million times better👍🏽
As soon as I heard the new song, this instantly popped up in my head, there is a slight simalarity
@Henna Munir I sorta wish her vocals were still like this though.
Tener y no retener buena canción
madonna of my dreams
One of her best songs😍✨😌
'To kiss but never be
the object of your desire.
i'm walking on a wire
and theres no one at all to break my fall.'
Such an impossible feeling and so perfectly put into words, song, music.
A masterpiece.
she help me when sometimes it's too hard
just like anybody
❤❤❤❤❤
This album is fabulous. Always wanted a RoL part 2.
Yes, it's fabulous but forget the RoL part 2
That ending with the acoustic guitar and her singing, "Only I am to blame".... Pure, timeless, deeply felt atmosphere... Amazing
Yeeeeessss 🙏🏽
Madonna + William Orbit = Masterpiece
This album is handsdown Madonna's best masterpiece. This song and it's baseline is everything.
the more I listen to the song the more I realize it's about, the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle in a nutshell!
Wow what a song!!!! So intense, so musical, so beautiful so disturbing so captivating all at once. In a loop in my head
Have u just discovered it?
Paparapapapa 💖
Like a moth to a flame ...
708.000 - 08.01.2019
Such a great song..... #iconic
Questa consone mi fa pensare sempre di te anche se ti ho detto un saco di bugie, unica cosa vera che non ti lo detto che ti amavo per da vero
How can this song be 20 years old already?
Please be good
Like many of us
tHIS SONG IS GORGEOUS......AND TIMELESS..... THANKYOU mADONNA YOU ALWAYS MOVE MEXX00
Lovely Bossa Nova
It's amazing how when an album comes out at the time it does and is just a song at that time but when grow up a little and experience life and sometimes knocks you on your ass and tares your heart out and you hear that one song on that album again that had came out 20yrs ago all of sudden has total meaning to you!!! This is that song for me!!!!! I connect to song now thank you Madonna!!!!!! Love you always ✌️💜
The Best Album forever!!
Meglio rilassarsi va!!!
To have and not to hold...😍
the best song of Ray Of Light. Period
Along with Frozen
Ебать люблю этот трек.но он грустный
Скорее, задумчивый, философский...
Но кому как)
one of the most inspirational songs in the world. madonna is the best pop artist of all time.
I am deeply touched being a Hindu and as a spiritual person with this music. Its so soft and catchy at the same time.
amo essa canção
Também eu!!
Ray of Light was fine art because madonna "fell in love for the first time and was pregnant and birthed her daughter":
Sublime pop perfection.
You're to have, not to hold... 💫
So WISE
How could anyone dislike this song... It's perfection.
Casi olvidaba lo magica que es madonna
When I was 13 I bought this Album and I fell in love with it and now at 34 to this date I still am. I love you Madonna.
Such a young lover =)
amo essa musica amo a madonna
This song reminds me of the movie Ex Machina, the protagonist ended up falling in love with an android that eventually led to his demise, to have and not to hold
ray of light was the best album from her....
Shw was more as True Blue, Like a Prayer, The Immaculate Collection, Erotica, America Life, Confessions On A Dance Floor