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“Time Stood Still” is a wistful electro-pop ballad written by Madonna and producer William Orbit for the 2000 film The Next Best Thing, in which Madonna starred. Like much of the music Madonna and Orbit were making at the time, it feature an array of warm analogue synthesizers and prominent electric...
[Verse 1]
Despair, regret, and tenderness
Is what I feel for you
I loved you from the very start
What else could I do
[Pre-Chorus]
You read my mind, you made me cry
Time stood still
And now I know the reasons why
Time stood still
[Chorus]
Maybe you're the next best thing to happen
All the things we might have been
[Verse 2]
A flame becomes a fading light
That burns inside my heart
And like a castle in the sand
It had to fall apart
[Pre-Chorus]
You made me laugh, you gave me hope
It's over now
Our happiness went up in smoke
It's over now
[Chorus]
Maybe you're the next best thing to happen
All the things we might have been
Maybe you're the next best thing to happen
All the things we might have been
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Maybe you're the next best thing to happen
All the things we might have been
Maybe you're the next best thing to happen
All the things we might have been
Time Stood Still was written by William Orbit & Madonna.
Time Stood Still was produced by William Orbit & Madonna.
Madonna released Time Stood Still on Mon Feb 21 2000.