Cover art for Come Alive (Live at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/12-23/2020) by Madonna

Come Alive (Live at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/12-23/2020)

Come Alive (Live at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/12-23/2020) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm in the sky where I oughta be at, I've been watching you
Rocket ship takin' off in that, now I'm onto you
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion, who you talkin' to?
Stand out, no, I don't wanna blend in, why you want me to?

[Pre-Chorus]
They say be all I can be
And all I want is peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
See the world, haven't seen it all
I wanna see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's dreams

[Chorus]
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Dream's real, it's alive
Come alive, come on

[Verse 2]
I can't react how you thought I'd rеact, I would never for you
Front line, I won't stand in thе back, 'cause you want me to
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion, who you talkin' to?
Stand out, no, I don't wanna blend in, why you want me to?

[Pre-Chorus]
They say be all I can be
And all I want is peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
See the world, haven't seen it all
I wanna see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's dreams
[Chorus]
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Dream's real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Dream's real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come on

[Interlude]
(Who you talking to?)
(Who you talking to?)

[Verse 3]
I'm in the sky where I oughta be at, I've been watching you
Rocket ship takin' off in that, now I'm onto you
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion, who you talkin' to?
Stand out, no, I don't wanna blend in, why you want me to?

[Pre-Chorus]
They say be all I can be
And all I want is peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
See the world, haven't seen it all
I wanna see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's, see it's dreams
[Chorus]
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Dream's real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Dream's real, it's alive
Come alive, come on

[Outro]
Front line, I won't stand in the back
Front line, I won't stand in the back
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive

Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
Come alive, come alive
[Spoken]
Obrigada
So, you know, I talk a lot about freedom in my show
And being a freedom fighter
But fight for freedom comes with a price, as we all know
It's a commitment, it's a lifestyle, do you have to ask yourself, "Do I have the balls to really be a freedom fighter?"
Do you? (I do)
Do you? (I do)
You do?
You're very shy, you freedom fighters
You can't be a little freedom fighter, size-matters
As I said earlier, quoting the great James Balwdin
"Artists are here to disturb the peace"
So I hope that I have disturbed your peace

And I shall continue
Because after all, we are not here to be popular
We are here to be free

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Genius Annotation

Come Alive” is a song heavily inspired by the sounds and traditions from northern Africa, more specifically Morocco, and this is shown in the live performance.

Probably the most colorful set on the concert, the performance shows Madonna, her dancers and the musicians all wearing traditional Moroccan clothes while dancing. In the background, images of pastery patterns are displayed, matching the costumes. For the film, footage from the singer’s 60th birthday in Morocco (2018) was edited in, showing more from the country’s culture and traditions.

For this song, The Batukadeiras Orchestra who played in “Batuka” join the stage once more as backing vocals. The performance of “Come Alive” is also one of the rare instances in which Madonna is seen barefoot on stage.

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    Come Alive (Live at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/12-23/2020)
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