Madonna’s new album MDNA, which dropped last week, is already number two on iTunes, and while not everyone is loving it, it is getting some decent reviews. Rolling Stone applauds the album for its raw and personal nature, as it honestly addresses Madge’s recent divorce from director Guy Ritchie. The Associated Press was impressed with the sustained level of drive Madonna continues to have, saying that “at 53, she’s still got it going in.” Even snobbish indie Web site Pitchfork doesn’t completely hate the album, citing several of its standout songs.

The album has also been noted for its foul language and lewdness, which made me want to check it out. Indeed, many of the lyrics in MDNA are quite forceful, at times fanatical, as if a psychopath could have said them. This trajectory of thinking reminded me of a quote by the infamous serial killer Charles Manson, and furthermore, that Manson just happens to be up for parole this year.

Is it a stretch to compare select lyrics of MDNA to Charles Manson quotes? You tell me.

Who Said It? Madonna or Charles Manson?

1. I’m heartily sorry for having offended thee.

2. I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.

3. It’s worse than a fairy tale.

4. And I’m going straight to hell And I’ve got a lot of friends there.

5. You don’t have a life, you have blood on your hands.

6. Getting up every day and going through this again and again is hard.

7. I’m sorry, je suis dรฉsolรฉ. I wish I could take it back.

8. Can’t really talk with a gun in my mouth.

9. I’m playing for my life. You’re working for money.

10. You got a pistol on you? I just thought you might not like what I have done and want to do something about it.

11. I’m a sinner, I like it that way.

12. Nothing’s ever what it seems, including this time and this crazy scene; I’m stuck like a moth to a flame.

13. Did I kill anyone?

14. I don’t care if you think that I’m strange 1. Madonna
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