Mini-critique N°215

Paroles :

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland, Wonderland

Ah-ah-ah-oh, ah-ah-ah

Set me free

Ah-ah-ah-oh, ah-ah-ah

Set me free

Could you pull me out of this alive?

Where's my body? I'm stuck in my mind

Oh-ma-ma-ma, oh-ma-ma-ma

I'm tired of screaming

Oh-ma-ma-ma, oh-ma-ma-ma

At the top of my lungs

Oh my mother, oh my mother

I'm in the hole, I'm falling down, down, so down, down

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Sick and tired of waking up

Screaming at the top of my lungs

Thinking I might have just left myself behind

Maestro, play me your symphony

I will listen to anything

Take me on trip, DJ, free my mind

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland

My name isn't Alice

But I'll keep looking, I'll keep looking for Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Take me home

Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland

Ah-ah-ah-oh, ah-ah-ah-oh

Set me free

Ah-ah-ah-oh, ah-ah-ah-oh

Set me free

Critique :

''Alice'' rend hommage au roman de 1865 ''Alice au pays des merveilles'', popularisé par l'adaptation cinématographique de 1951. Dans ce récit, la jeune Alice s'endort et se réveille dans un monde fantastique conceptualisé, peuplé de personnages anthropomorphes imaginaires, chacun représentant un obstacle à surmonter.

Tout au long du morceau, Gaga associe son incapacité à trouver la paix intérieure au besoin d'Alice de survivre aux épreuves de la croissance et de conserver une certaine sérénité.

À l'origine, le morceau devait parler d'Alice, la chienne de Gaga, décédée en 2013. Cependant, Gaga a démenti cette affirmation après avoir révélé plusieurs paroles lors d'une interview avec Zane Lowe.