Devil Wouldn't Recognize You - Mad-Eyes - Madonna song lyrics, Joe Henry, Hello Suckers, Danja, Justin

DEVIL WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU

Lyrics

As quiet as it is tonight
You almost think you were safe
Your eyes are full of surprises
They cannot predict my fate
Waiting underneath the stars
There's something you should know
The angels they surround my heart
Telling me to let you go

I barely couldn't
I barely couldn't recognize
But I played right into it
Who am I to criticize
Somehow I'll get through it
And you won't even realize
Falling for your own disguise

It's like over and over
You're pushing me right down to the floor
I should just walk away
Over and over I keep on coming back for more
I play into your fantasy
And now that it's over
You can lie to me right through your smile
I've seen behind your eyes
Now i'm sober, no more intoxicating my mind

Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
I do, I do

You almost fooled yourself this time
That all the saints be praised
You hide your sadness behind your smile
And you keep your lost heartbreaks
The steps that edge along the ledge
Is much higher than it seems
But I've been on that ledge before
You can't hide yourself from me

I barely couldn't
I barely couldn't recognize
I still played right into it
Who am I to criticize
Somehow I'll get through it
And you won't even realize
Falling for your own disguise

It's like over and over
You're pushing me right down to the floor
I should just walk away
Over and over I keep on coming back for more
I play into your fantasy
And now that it's over
You can lie to me right through your smile
I've seen behind your eyes
Now i'm sober, no more intoxicating my mind

Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do
I do, I do

Ooh...

It's like over and over
You're pushing me right down to the floor
I should just walk away
Over and over I keep on coming back for more
I play into your fantasy
Now that it's over
You can lie to me right through your smile
I've seen behind your eyes
Now i'm sober, no more intoxicating my mind

Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, you...
(I do, I do)

Even the devil wouldn't recognize you

I, I, I, I, I, I do

Credits

Written by Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills and J. Henry
Produced by Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Danja
Programmed and mixed by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
Protools editing by Ron Taylor
Vocals by Justin Timberlake
Drums by Timbaland
Keyboards by Danja
Guitars by Dan Warner
Additional keyboards by Hannon Lane
Scratching by DJ Demo

Album

Hard Candy

Song

This track was written for the Hello Suckers! musical with Joe Henry and was rehearsed for the Re-Invention Tour in the form of a bluesy torch song. For the Hard Candy album, it was reworked by Timbaland, Justin & Danja. Madonna named this song as one of her favourites from the album, because "I just love [the song] lyrically. I like the subject matter. The idea that you're so clever even the Devil wouldn't recognize you. You know what I mean?"