"The song opens with the weeping violin, as a distressed Gaga sings: “I know that we are young, and I know that you may love me/But I just can’t be with you like this anymore, Alejandro.” The track then changes to a stomping Europop beat. Gaga bids her ex-lovers farewell with a bitter-heart pre-chorus where she sings: “You know that I love you, boy/Hot like Mexico, rejoice!/At this point I’ve got to choose/Nothing to lose.” By the end of the song, the three protagonists – Alejandro, Fernando and Roberto – are bid farewell by Gaga.[9] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 99 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of B minor with Gaga’s vocal range spanning from F♯3 to G5. The song has a basic sequence of Bm–D–F♯m as its chord progression.[12] The lyrics talk about Gaga defending herself against a harem of Latin men and has a number of ABBA allusions, including a reference to their 1976 song “Fernando”, which Gaga cited as one of her influences.[10][13]"