What do you think Oh Father means?

Madonna - Oh Father Meaning

Album cover for Oh Father album cover

Song Released: 1989


Oh Father Lyrics

It's funny that way, you can get used
To the tears and the pain
What a child will believe
You never loved me

[Chorus:]

You can't hurt me now
I got away from you, I never thought I would
You can't make me cry, you once had the power
I...

  1. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Feb 24th 2013 !⃝

    About tough relationship with her father and she was not very close to him.

  2. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Oct 5th 2011 !⃝

    i don't know, i think she addresses it to GOD, this is not the biologically father. but The Father.

  3. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    May 25th 2011 !⃝

    It may not be about abuse. It may just be a difficult relationship in which they don't understand each other.

  4. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Jan 17th 2011 !⃝

    Madonna reminisces of her abuse at the hands of her strict father during her childhood.


More Madonna songs »


 


 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]




Just Posted

Jumpin' Jack Flash anonymous
Otherside anonymous
My Name is Allen anonymous
Snowblind anonymous
Bungle in the Jungle anonymous
Morning Has Broken anonymous
Cactus Practice anonymous
Tangled Up In Blue anonymous
You Got Lucky anonymous
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You anonymous
Della and the Dealer anonymous
Lose it all anonymous
Squeezebox anonymous
Sleep anonymous
Animal Farm anonymous

(We won't give out your email)