Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
What at you looking at?
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Look around
Everywhere
You turn
Is heartache
It's everywhere
That you go
(Look around)
You try everything
You can to escape
The pain of life
That you know
(Life that you know)
When all else fails
And you long to be
Something better
Than you are today
I know a place
Where you
Can get away
It's called
A dance floor
And here's
What it's for
So
Chorus:
Come on, vogue
Let your body
Move to the music
(Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go
With the flow
(Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need
Is your own imagination
So use it
That's what it's for
(That's what it's for)
Go inside
For your
Finest inspiration
Your dreams
Will open the door
(Open up the door)
It makes no difference
If you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it
Will give you new life
You're a superstar
Yes
That's what you are
You know it
Come on, vogue
Let your body
Groove to the music
(Groove to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go
With the flow
(Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Beauty's
Where you find it
Not just where you bump
And grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where
I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up
On the dance floor
(Chorus)
Vogue
(Vogue)
Beauty's
Where you find it
(Move to the music)
Vogue
(Vogue)
Beauty's
Where you find it
(Go with the flow)
Greta Garbo
And Monroe
Deitrich
And DiMaggio
Marlon Brando
Jimmy Dean
On the cover
Of a magazine
Grace Kelly
Harlow, Jean
Picture
Of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers
Dance on air
They had style
They had grace
Rita Hayworth
Gave good face
Lauren
Katherine
Lana too
Bette Davis
We love you
Ladies
With an attitude
Fellows
That were in the mood
Don't just stand there
Let's get to it
Strike a pose
There's nothing to it
Vogue
Vogue
Oooh
You've got to
Let your body
Move to the music
Oooh
You've got to just
Let your body go
With the flow
Oooh
You've got to
Vogue
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Look around
Everywhere
You turn
Is heartache
It's everywhere
That you go
(Look around)
You try everything
You can to escape
The pain of life
That you know
(Life that you know)
When all else fails
And you long to be
Something better
Than you are today
I know a place
Where you
Can get away
It's called
A dance floor
And here's
What it's for
So
Chorus:
Come on, vogue
Let your body
Move to the music
(Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go
With the flow
(Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need
Is your own imagination
So use it
That's what it's for
(That's what it's for)
Go inside
For your
Finest inspiration
Your dreams
Will open the door
(Open up the door)
It makes no difference
If you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it
Will give you new life
You're a superstar
Yes
That's what you are
You know it
Come on, vogue
Let your body
Groove to the music
(Groove to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go
With the flow
(Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Beauty's
Where you find it
Not just where you bump
And grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where
I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up
On the dance floor
(Chorus)
Vogue
(Vogue)
Beauty's
Where you find it
(Move to the music)
Vogue
(Vogue)
Beauty's
Where you find it
(Go with the flow)
Greta Garbo
And Monroe
Deitrich
And DiMaggio
Marlon Brando
Jimmy Dean
On the cover
Of a magazine
Grace Kelly
Harlow, Jean
Picture
Of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers
Dance on air
They had style
They had grace
Rita Hayworth
Gave good face
Lauren
Katherine
Lana too
Bette Davis
We love you
Ladies
With an attitude
Fellows
That were in the mood
Don't just stand there
Let's get to it
Strike a pose
There's nothing to it
Vogue
Vogue
Oooh
You've got to
Let your body
Move to the music
Oooh
You've got to just
Let your body go
With the flow
Oooh
You've got to
Vogue
Lyrics submitted by Rafael Moliv, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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