Nothing Fails

Very Sad, Moving and Heartfelt Country/Rock ballad-Nothing Fails it is named and just like Like a Prayer, Don't Tell Me and Falling Free, the song cries about the unrequited love Madonna had for and with Guy Ritchie and why it ended so sadly. Even with the optimistic message "I'm not religious/But I Feel moved and loved/It makes me want to pray that you'll always be here!/Nothing Fails!" Except that Guy wasn't there for Madonna when she needed him most and that makes Nothing Fails poignant, sad and heartbreaking. Taylor Swift may have written her first hit Teardrops on My Guitar but here, Madonna means because along with her sad and beautiful voice, her black acoustic guitar is equally sad! I was moved and touched when Madonna sang and played Nothing Fails during the Reinvention Tour but for now, Nothing Fails is too sad and harrowing to sing and cry. (Perhaps that's why she's not playing it during MDNA?) Nothing Fails-a beautiful song about a friendship too desperate and beautiful to last. One of the Saddest Madonna ballads I've heard-but Madonna can always sing it to her audience who loves her!

Favorite lyrics:

I'm not religious, But I feel so moved. Makes me wanna pray; Pray you'll always be here. I'm not religious, But I feel such love. Makes me wanna pray.

Wow, I can't believe there aren't more comments on this song; probably the best track off American Life. I'm not 100% sure on what this songs completely about, but its seems to be Madonna looking back on her life and feeling complete with the comfort of her loved one. I think its directed at Guy Richie. (For those who don't know, Guy Richie's the man who directed Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.) I think the verse about not being religious is another way of expressing her love amd describing how moved she feels when she's with him. I don't know, I could be wrong.

aaaaactually... Madonna didn't write this song. Jem did. it was a collaboration between her and Guy that Madonna only got involved in down the road.

madonna did write this song and if YOU knew anything about the way she writes, then you'd know that. anyways, yes i agree with Tom999. this is a very pretty song and it sounded even better live when she was on MTV for "Madonna: ON STAGE AND ON THE RECORD" in 2003. i'm sure you'll be able to find that performance at Limewire or Ares. so, please do that. you won't regret it at all.

One of my favorite songs ever by madonna...it's perfect. "I'm not religious, but I feel so moved".

Jem did write the original lyrics to this song when it was originally intitled "the one," however, it was later given to Madonna in which she changed most of the original lyrics.

I love this song..to me she is singing to her husband and saying how he's the one for her..it moves her to the point of wanting to pray

GREAT song, love when the choir kicks in.

When I first heard this song a couple of years ago, it instantly reminded me of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. It is also about religion and the main characters fall in love in the end. Also, the melody fitted the feelings I had about the book at that time. One of the best Madonna songs!