Best Friend
Lyrics
I miss your brain, the way you think
But I don't miss the way you used to drink
I miss our talks, the universal law
You had a way of seeing through my flaws
It's so confusing, I thought I met my match
An intellectual with talent, what a catch
You always said we'd be better off as friends
It was inevitable that it would end
Your picture's off my wall
But I'm still waiting for your call
And every man that walks through that door
Will be compared to you forever more
Still I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
I miss the countryside where we used to lay
The smell of roses on a lovely summer day
You made me laugh, you had a clever wit
I miss the good times, I don't miss all of it
You wrote me poetry
You had a way with words
You said you wanted more than just a pretty girl
Maybe I challenged you a little bit too much
We couldn't have two drivers on the clutch
Your picture's off my wall
But I'm still waiting for your call
And every man that walks through that door
Will be compared to you forever more
Still I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
Yet I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
It's so sad that it had to end
I lost my very best friend
Not gonna candy coat it
And I don't want to pretend
I put away all your letters
Saved the best ones that I had
It wasn't always perfect
But it wasn't always bad
Still I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
Yet I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
Credits
Written by Madonna, Alessandro "Alle" Benassi and Marco "Benny" Benassi
Produced by Madonna and The Demolition Crew
Co-produced by Marco "Benny" Benassi and Alessandro "Alle" Benassi
Mixed by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
Album
Tour
This bonus track made it to the MDNA Tour in the form of a twisted video interlude that seemingly portrays the funeral of Madonna's second marriage. The black and white video, set in a cemetery, does not feature Madonna herself but includes various imagery and quotes related to death. As the coffin is carried to its final resting place, the macabre theme is exaggerated with the "you know I feel it in my heartbeat" line from Heartbeat repeated several times throughout the video. The gas mask wearing male dancers add an acrobatic choreography set to the sliced-up track. The creepy soundtrack of cracking bones accompanies the hallucinating way they twist their arms behind their backs.