Alice

“Alice” pays homage to the 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, later popularized by the 1951 animated film adaptation. The tale sees young Alice fall asleep and wake up in a conceptualized fantastical world, brimming with imaginary, anthropomorphic characters, each representing an obstacle in life to overcome. Throughout the track, Gaga connects her inability to find peace in her life to Alice’s need to survive the hardships of growing up and maintaining peace-of-mind. The track was originally thought to be about Gaga’s childhood dog Alice, who passed away in 2013, however Gaga denied this after revealing several lyrics in an interview with Zane Lowe.

[Intro] 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 (Ah) Set me free (Ah-ah-ah) Ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ah (Ah) Set me free (Ah-ah-ah) [Verse 1] Could you pull me out of this alive? (Ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ah) Where's my body? I'm stuck in my mind (Ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ah) [Pre-Chorus] (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 [Chorus] 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 [Post-Chorus] Take me home Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland Take me home Take me to Wonderland, Wonderland [Verse 2] Sick and tired of waking up Screaming at the top of my lungs Think I might've just left myself behind Maestro, play me your symphony I will listen to anything Take me on a trip, DJ, free my mind [Chorus] 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 [Post-Chorus] 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 [Outro] Ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ah, oh (Ah) Set me free (Ah-ah-ah) Ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ah, oh (Ah) Set me free (Ah-ah-ah)