Lyrics

Just one kiss on my lips

Was all it took to seal the future

Just one look from your eyes

Was like a certain kind of torture

Once upon a time

There was a boy and there was a girl

Just one touch from your hands

Was all it took to make me falter

Forbidden love, are we supposed to be together

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Forbidden love, we seal our destiny forever

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Just one smile on your face

Was all it took to change my fortune

Just one word from your mouth

Was all I needed to be certain

Once upon a time

There was a boy and there was a girl

Hearts that intertwine

They lived in a different kind of world

Forbidden love, are we supposed to be together

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Forbidden love, we seal our destiny forever

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Just one kiss, just one touch, just one look

(Five, four, three, two, one)

Forbidden love, are we supposed to be together

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Forbidden love, we seal our destiny forever

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Forbidden love, are we supposed to be together?

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Forbidden love, we seal our destiny forever

Forbidden love, forbidden love

Just one kiss, just one touch, just one look, just one love

(Five, four, three, two, one)

Credits

Written by Madonna and Stuart Price

Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price

Mixed by Stuart Price

Album

 Confessions On A Dance Floor

Tour

After dying at the end of her fantastic Live To Tell performance on the Confessions Tour, Madonna is resurrected on the tones of Forbidden Love. As she dances on and around the cross, two male dancers perform a beautiful hand choreography and hug each other before disappearing from the stage. On the European tour (which coincided with the Lebanese-Israeli war) the dancers have the symbols of the Star of David and the crescent moon painted on their body. So whether forbidden love is talking about love between two males or between different cultures or religions, is up to the interpretation of the viewer. On the screen all these symbols that divide us are smashed and ultimately there's the embryo, the symbol of life and love. Madonna joins the two dancers and they do the hand choreography together. At the end, Madonna picks up her crown of thorns and disappears.