Intervention meaning

[EgoRod 5,448]

About Nothing Fails:

Sigsworth sent the demo to Madonna and alongside Mirwais, they recorded their own version of the track, renaming it Nothing Fails. Minor changes would also be made to the lyrics, most notably — “I’ve got my standing stone/ I’m not alone,” becoming “Cause I’ve climbed the tree of life/ And that is why, no longer scared if I fall.” While Madonna did not have significant input in the writing of Nothing Fails, the message of enduring affection is consistent with the theme of love as a guiding and protecting force expressed throughout the album — “When I get lost in space/I can return to this place/Cos You’re the one.”

[Mden 2,252]

‘I got to save my baby, because he makes me cry.’ 

That’s true love. Her expression of her love is pure and child like. Her innocence coupled with her drive makes her unique. 

Edited May 9, 2023 by Mden (see edit history)

[RUADJAI 14,959]

Intervention:  action taken to improve a situation

Could be parenting or the more traditional thought of confronting someone who has a problem. 

 

I always thought it was about raising Rocco. But maybe Guy had an addiction to something and they were having issues in their marriage. Who knows. It really could be interpreted either way. 

The song could also be about BOTH. Sometimes songs are written with multiple people or ideas in mind on purpose so a song is not so literal and can be interpreted in different ways. as someone who writes songs, I do this more often than not so a song has a gap in ideas and the listener is left to fill the gap. And at times the two different ideas elevate the song to something greater than just the original one idea.  You take a song about raising a boy and needing to cultivate him, and intertwine it with a rocky marriage with a spouse with an addiction of some sort and you have a quite complex song that invites someone to dig deeper. And the title is the thread that holds them together, her action taken to guide them or "save" them. Her love, her intervention. A mother/wife's intervention. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mden 2,252]

34 minutes ago, RUADJAI said:

Intervention:  action taken to improve a situation

Could be parenting or the more traditional thought of confronting someone who has a problem. 

 

I always thought it was about raising Rocco. But maybe Guy had an addiction to something and they were having issues in their marriage. Who knows. It really could be interpreted either way. 

The song could also be about BOTH. Sometimes songs are written with multiple people or ideas in mind on purpose so a song is not so literal and can be interpreted in different ways. as someone who writes songs, I do this more often than not so a song has a gap in ideas and the listener is left to fill the gap. And at times the two different ideas elevate the song to something greater than just the original one idea.  You take a song about raising a boy and needing to cultivate him, and intertwine it with a rocky marriage with a spouse with an addiction of some sort and you have a quite complex song that invites someone to dig deeper. And the title is the thread that holds them together, her action taken to guide them or "save" them. Her love, her intervention. A mother/wife's intervention. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought it was about Guy till she sang it for Rocco. 
Your interpretation / explanation is spot on.

[chaosmen1984mk 798]

On 5/8/2023 at 7:26 PM, Thiago Ciola said:

"On Intervention Madonna presents an unrefined depiction of the peaks and valleys of motherhood and an affirmation of her maternal duties. In the first verse she ponders the role she must undertake, tending to the most basic needs of her son and preparing him to pursue his dreams in the future akin to a soaring bird, “I got to make him happy/I got to teach him how to fly/I want to take him higher/Way up like a bird in the sky/I got to calm him down now/I want to save his life.”

Madonna describes the challenging but rewarding role of raising children. Rather than romanticising this depiction, she provides a gritty and realistic depiction of adjusting to motherhood and leaving the spotlight which had once consumed her, “Sometimes it’s such a pleasure/ Sometimes I wanna tear it all down/It’s easy to be lazy/And hard to go away from the crowd.”

Despite the struggles that come with raising children, love is constant and intervenes at times of doubt as Madonna declares in the chorus surrounded by warm and luscious background harmonies, “And I know that love will change us forever/ And I know that love will keep us together/And I know, I know There is nothing to fear/And I know that love/Will take us away from here.” The track can be interpreted as both an expression of Madonna’s devotion to her family and the importance of love in preserving and cultivating all relationships. Madonna elaborates, “I think I’m probably most proud of the family I’ve created… If I had to give up everything, or I could only have one thing, that is what I would hold onto.”

https://lucascava.medium.com/madonna-mirwais-an-impressive-instant-chapter-two-american-life-c87cefd9f311

That is why it is very important, when it comes to finding the meaning of a song, to analyze all the parts, because this way we will avoid erroneous interpretations. It is true that if we only focus on the lyrics of the chorus we could conclude that it is a song about the power of love in certain dysfunctional couples or those who are not having a good time but if we analyze the whole song we will see that the lyrics somehow filter all these possible interpretations until we are left with the only and true one, which is that of a woman who is a mother for the first time and who faces the challenge of raising the best way to her son.

Anyway, in the name of subjectivity everyone can have their own interpretations. Some will believe that it is about a woman who has an alcoholic partner. Others about a woman whose partner suffers from some kind of incontinence that makes her feel embarrassed in public, etc. and that only love will be able to save and maintain their relationship or whatever. I cannot impose my interpretation as if it were the true one and I can only respect those of others as long as they do not fall into the absurd or the supernatural.

[missberic 764]

57 minutes ago, chaosmen1984mk said:

I cannot impose my interpretation as if it were the true one and I can only respect those of others

You were literally laughing at those who said it was about Guy and implying they were uneducated 

[like a light 60]

I think it's clear some have taken Intervention as the Rocco song since she dedicated it to him, as Little Star is Lola's song.  But it was just because the words were convenient to express the situation beetween mother and son in the moment.

Rocco was 2 years old when Intervention was made.   You don't tell a 2 years old baby  about changing a life that has just started, telling "my baby will never be the same"  'cause he's not happy and  "it's time to wake up from this dream" and forget the past (love will take us away from here).

Absolutely  it goes to a lover.  Why should Rocco make her cry by then?  Didn't he start to eat alone yet?  Did he break all his toys?

[newguy2001 50]

This song is about someone vulnerable. Maybe it's about Rocco and Madonna's vulnerable moments when she feels like a child and in need of guidance and help. It's a "time to grow up" kinda song. There's obstacles and a huge change is going to take place, even though it's acceptance hurts. 

Little off topic but this should've been a single from AL. The chorus is instant and the lyrics can be applicable to all things in life. It sounds like it was a hit back in the early 2000's but no, it's just an album track. It's mature and simple but also has that sweet chorus that is always popular in pop music. NF and the title track, although good songs in their own ways, should've never been singles. NF is too mature and a downer (plus those remixes SUCK), AL is, well, the reason the album flopped. Hollywood,  NKM, Intervention,  and LP should've been the only singles released.  

[Drownedboy 1,676]

1 hour ago, newguy2001 said:

This song is about someone vulnerable. Maybe it's about Rocco and Madonna's vulnerable moments when she feels like a child and in need of guidance and help. It's a "time to grow up" kinda song. There's obstacles and a huge change is going to take place, even though it's acceptance hurts. 

Little off topic but this should've been a single from AL. The chorus is instant and the lyrics can be applicable to all things in life. It sounds like it was a hit back in the early 2000's but no, it's just an album track. It's mature and simple but also has that sweet chorus that is always popular in pop music. NF and the title track, although good songs in their own ways, should've never been singles. NF is too mature and a downer (plus those remixes SUCK), AL is, well, the reason the album flopped. Hollywood,  NKM, Intervention,  and LP should've been the only singles released.  

It was a difficult album to sell anyway, she always tries to win but trying something different, so she can think of herself as the big camaleon of pop, the one who takes the biggest risk and succeeds anyway. She has always done that, cause she does not have two similar albums. People loved her so much in ROL, but she changed a lot again for Music, and even though it was a big risk she succeded one more time, even for people like me who wanted another ROL. But, not this time. I loved American Life but it was too much for people. She was already 45, and even though at the top of her game, vocally, physically and everything, people didn´t liked the music in US at least, and the album flopped not matter what she did. And after that, she has not been so daring anymore, maybe with Madame x, but cause she knew she wasn´t going to sell well anyway.

The same can be said, when after LPA VOGUE era she tried to change again with Erotica. Big risk, and she didn´t succeed as she wanted, but nobody can deny she risked a lot when she could have done another true ble or LAP or Vogue.

On the song, yes, I agree, it´s probably about Rocco when he was a baby, but you can understand it more universally as a love song towards somebody you want to take care, acknowledging the troubles in living.

[Honey Little 3,995]

I got to save my babies. 👶 

[into the erotico 974]

Back then I read somewhere that it was written for Ritchie.