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Hello, it’s me again, and it’s time to write a review about a song that really hook into my ear in this last 24 hours. Since the infamous “umbrella-ela-ela-ela” by the Caribbean boner bait (not to be confused with Captain Jack Sparrow, i know he make some of you turn-on too, you fags! :p), who dissapointed most of indonesian fans with her cancelled tour, there’s no other songs that came into my loop-ad-infinitum playlist. Yes, I’m talking about Madonna’s new single “Miles Away“.

Okay, lets continue. “Miles Away” is a catchy song. Quite different from “Umbrella”, this is not annoying-in-the-beggining-but-in-the-end-hanging-in-your-head-for-god know-how-long-songs. Infact the guitar riff on the opening of the song is really nice (I do hope Madonna release the acoustic version of this songs). Then, a stuttering beat drops in the track slowly (remind me of timbaland beat). Everything run smooth till it’s all filled with atmospheric pop synths.

This song is telling a story of long distance relationship or taking someone for granted probably, depend on how you interpret or relate it. The lyric, awesome. It goes like this:

I just woke up from a fuzzy dream
You never would believe those things that I had seen
I looked in the mirror and I saw your face
You looked right through me, you were miles away

All my dreams they fade away
I’ll never be the same
If you could see me the way you see yourself
I can’t pretend to be someone else

Then with her shinning vocal, Madonna really hook my ears with the reffrain.

You always love me more, miles away
I hear it in your voice, we’re miles away
You’re not afraid to tell me, miles away
I guess we’re at our best when we’re miles away

The songs continue with more melancholy lyric

When no one’s around then I have you here
I begin to see the picture, it becomes so clear
You always have the biggest heart,
When we’re six thousand miles apart

Too much of no sound
Uncomfortable silence can be so loud
Those three words are never enough
When it’s long distance love

I’m alright, don’t be sorry, but it’s true
When I’m gone you’ll realize
That I’m the best thing that happened to you

And in the end of the songs, the unmistakable echoes: “So far away, So far away, So away far”. Perfect! This songs is remind me of her earliest work, and i really recommended it for those of you who really miss Madonna’s spirit and sound in 1980’s (well its also recommended for you who have that pain in the ass relationship called LDR hehehehe). Listen to this songs and i promise you, that it wont get out of your head in a hurry.

Useless fact:

Waktu pertama kali denger liriknya, aku langsung mencari tahu 6000 mil itu berapa kilometer yah? dengan online conversion google aku tau kalo ternyata   6000 mil = 9656.064 kilometer. Yah ternyata jauh dari jarak Jakarta – Surabaya yang cuma 725 km (seperti tertulis di stasiun pasar turi). Nah sekarang mari berhitung:

A. 9 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 0 + 6 + 4 = 36
B. 3 + 6 = 9
C. 7 + 2 +5 = 14
D. 9 + 14 = 23 binggo