Like a Prayer by Madonna is featured in The Power of Madonna, the fifteenth episode of Season One. It is sung at the end of the episode by the New Directions with a choir.
Rachel sings the opening lines, while Finn, Kurt, Jesse, and Mercedes also have solos. Although Jesse is only featured in the album version.
Lyrics
Rachel:
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Finn and Rachel and New Directions:
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Finn:
I hear your voice
It's like an angel sighing
Kurt:
I have no choice, I hear your voice
Feels like flying
Mercedes:
I close my eyes
Oh God, I think I'm falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me
Finn and Rachel and New Directions:
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Finn:
I'm like a child
You whisper softly to me
Rachel:
You're in control, just like a child
Now I'm dancing
Jesse:
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream
Mercedes:
Let the choir sing
Ooh
Finn and Rachel with New Directions and The Choir:
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
New Directions and The Choir:
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
New Directions (The Choir):
Life is a mystery (Oh, oh)
Everyone must stand alone (Oh, oh)
I hear you call my name (Oh, oh)
And it feels like home
Finn and Rachel with New Directions (The Choir):
Just like a prayer (Oh)
Your voice can take me there (Oh)
Just like a muse to me (Oh)
You are a mystery (Oh)
Just like a dream (Oooh)
You are not what you seem (Mercedes: Oh!)
Just like a prayer
No choice, your voice can take me (Rachel: there)
New Directions and The Choir (Mercedes):
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there (Like a prayer) (Mercedes and Rachel: I'll take you there!)
It's like a dream to me (Ohh)
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there (Yeah, I'll take you there!)
It's like a dream to me (Just like a dream to me)
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there (Ohh!)
It's like a dream to me (Like a dream, like a dream)
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there (I'll take you there!)
It's like a dream to me (Oooh, yeah!)
Rachel with New Directions (The Choir):
Life is a mystery (Just like a prayer)
Everyone must stand alone (Your voice can take me there) (Mercedes: Oooh)
Rachel with New Directions and The Choir (Mercedes):
I hear you call my name (I hear it call)
And it feels like home
Rachel with New Directions (The Choir):
Just like a prayer (Just like) (Mercedes: Ooh)
Your voice can take me there (A prayer) (Mercedes: Ooh)
Just like a muse to me (Your voice can take me there)
You are a mystery (Mercedes: Take you there, take you there)
The Choir (Mercedes):
Just like a dream
You are not what you seem
Just like a prayer (Oh, woah)
No choice, your voice can take me there (Yeah)
Just like a prayer (Yeah, yeah)
Your voice can take me there (Oooh)
Rachel (The Choir):
Just like a dream (Just like)
You are not what you seem (A prayer)
Just like a prayer
Finn, Mercedes and Rachel with New Directions and The Choir (Mercedes):
No choice, your voice can take me there (Yeah)
Trivia
- This song features Jesse's first solo performed with New Directions, however, it was cut from the episode. But it can be heard in the full version of the song featured on Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna album.
- Amber Riley's mother was hired to play one of the Gospel Choir singers and she can be seen in the front row. Amber is seen dancing with her mother throughout the song.
- This is the second song to feature the New Directions wearing a red top with jeans, the first being Don't Stop Believin' in Pilot, and the third, Some Nights in Dynamic Duets.