38 Mesmerizing Lyrics From Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Album to Use as Your Next Instagram Caption
Today, March 7, 2025, Lady Gaga released her seventh album, Mayhem. The new release pairs Gaga's more evolved and finely honed musical approach with an infectious dance-pop sound that goes back to her origins, resulting in a collection we know we'll be listening to on repeat for the foreseeable future.
The 14 tracks of Mayhem manage to conjure up all kinds of nostalgia while also feeling innovative and boundary-pushing, on top of making up one of Lady Gaga's most personal releases to date. To us, these arresting songs work together to make sense of the mayhem that is the human experience, with eclectic sounds that represent the varying pieces of ourselves that add up into one whole human. If you also can't get enough of Mayhem—and its sensational lyrics—find our favorite lines below to use as your next Instagram caption.
For when you're over being sad:
"There are no more tears to cry."
-"Disease"
For wanting to be the remedy to their woes:
"Poison on the inside. I could be your antidote tonight."
-"Disease"
For recognizing those who watch over you:
"Pay the toll to the angels drawin' circles in the clouds."
-"Abracadabra"
For losing yourself to the power of music:
"With a haunting dance, now you're both in a trance. It's time to cast your spell on the night."
-"Abracadabra"
For when you just can't stop dancing:
"Feel the beat under your feet, the floor's on firе."
-"Abracadabra"
For seeking inspiration from the spirit of dance:
"Phantom of the dance floor, come to me."
-"Abracadabra"
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For the promise of something sweet:
"You're out of candy? I can get you more."
-"Garden of Eden"
For strutting your stuff:
"I'm fallin' over in my nine-inch heels."
-"Garden of Eden"
For feeling not-quite human:
"I'm made of plastic like a human doll."
-"Perfect Celebrity"
For when the "you" you project isn't quite the real deal:
"I've become a notorious being. Find my clone, she's asleep in the ceiling."
-"Perfect Celebrity"
(Mayhem via Interscope)
For when one of your posts goes a little viral:
"You love to hate me. I'm the perfect celebrity."
-"Perfect Celebrity"
For when you're almost always thinking about them:
"Once in a blue moon, I forget you."
-"Vanish Into You"
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For wanting to lose yourself in someone:
"Can I vanish into you?"
-"Vanish Into You"
For knowing you'll regret your all-nighter in the morning:
"We about to be up all night, wakin' up a zombie."
-"Zombieboy"
For the one who might change you:
"I could be your type from your zombie bite."
-"Zombieboy"
For the bad one you just can't resist:
"I don't want you to stay but I can't watch you walk away."
-"Zombieboy"
For being afraid of getting to know the real them:
"I'll think about you in my dreams. You're better off a fantasy."
-"Zombieboy"
For when you just can't get enough of them:
"Need your love, your love drug, your love drug."
-"LoveDrug"
For when love has all of your senses elevated:
"River in my eyes, I've got a poem in my throat. I hear the music and it takes me by surprise."
-"LoveDrug"
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For resisting temptation:
"I need you tonight, but I'm gonna fight the feeling instead."
-"LoveDrug"
For some indulgent escapism:
"I don't wanna feel, I don't wanna cry, so I'm gonna dance until I feel alright."
-"LoveDrug"
For when the one who's eyeing you is already taken:
"How bad, bad do you want me?"
-"How Bad Do U Want Me"
For flaunting your bad girl look:
"'Cause you like my hair, my ripped-up jeans. You like the bad girl I got in me."
-"How Bad Do U Want Me"
For never wanting to hear from them again:
"Don't call tonight, don't call tonight, don't call tonight."
-"Don't Call Tonight"
For when, despite everything, life goes on:
"Stars are descending, the street signs go by."
-"Don't Call Tonight"
For not being able to enjoy your weekend:
"Saturday morning, my head is on fire."
-"Don't Call Tonight"
For knowing their true nature and still coming back for more:
"I'm so addicted to your lies."
-"Don't Call Tonight"
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For understanding your ambition will get you where you need to go:
"Life ain't under pressure 'cause I got a plan, starin' at myself in the eye."
-"Shadow of a Man"
For looking for hope:
"I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight. Show me the light."
-"Shadow of a Man"
For feeling like Cinderella right before the magic wears off:
"You can't hide who you are, 11:59."
-"The Beast"
For when you don't need proof to feel like royalty:
"I'll be your queen without a crown."
-"Blade of Grass"
For battling your inner demons:
"I've been so lonely in this field fighting a battle with no shield."
-"Blade of Grass"
For when sharing a life together is more important than posessions:
"I'll give you something. Yeah, it's no diamond ring. The air that I'm breathing."
-"Blade of Grass"
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For wanting to spend eternity and beyond with them:
"Forever's not enough."
-"Blade of Grass"
For the love that's the one thing that mattters:
"Our love's the only war worth fighting for."
-"Die With a Smile"
For remembering that you only live once:
"Nobody's promised tomorrow so I'ma love you every night like it's the last night."
-"Die With a Smile"
For knowing who you'd spend your last moments with:
"If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you."
-"Die With a Smile"
For the person who could make you smile under any circumstances:
"If the party was over and our time on Earth was through, I'd wanna hold you just for a while and die with a smile."
-"Die With a Smile"
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