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* "There's a girl on a carousel" is a direct reference to "[[Carousel (Song)|Carousel]]". |
* "There's a girl on a carousel" is a direct reference to "[[Carousel (Song)|Carousel]]". |
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| − | * "There's a house in my neighborhood with a perfect lawn but inside the kitchen there's something deeply wrong" is a reference to "[[Dollhouse (Song)|Dollhouse]]" and possibly "[[Sippy Cup]]". |
+ | * "There's a house in my neighborhood with a perfect lawn but inside the kitchen there's something deeply wrong" is a direct reference to "[[Dollhouse (Song)|Dollhouse]]" and possibly "[[Sippy Cup]]". |
* "And that house is getting flooded and the walls are falling down" could be a reference to the "[[Cry Baby (Song)|Cry Baby]]" music video. |
* "And that house is getting flooded and the walls are falling down" could be a reference to the "[[Cry Baby (Song)|Cry Baby]]" music video. |
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* "She makes everybody drown" is a direct reference to "Cry Baby". |
* "She makes everybody drown" is a direct reference to "Cry Baby". |
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Revision as of 18:09, 16 May 2021
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"Coloring Book" is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez. It was intended to be featured on her debut album Cry Baby, however, it was later scrapped. This song has not been performed live or officially released to fans.
Snippets began to surface on April 30th, 2021 and the full song was leaked on May 10th, 2021.
Background
Melanie confirmed during a Tumblr Q&A from July 27th, 2015 that she considered Coloring Book to be the title track of her debut album before it was released as Cry Baby.[1]
Leak History
- April 20th, 2021 - Lyrics of the first verse are leaked.
- April 30th, 2021 - A snippet of the intro is leaked in low quality.
- April 30th, 2021 (later) - A snippet with vocals of the third verse is leaked in high quality.
- May 2nd, 2021 - Lyrics of the chorus are leaked.
- May 5th, 2021 - Full lyrics are leaked.
- May 6th, 2021 - A snippet of fourth verse is leaked in high quality.
- May 7th, 2021 - A snippet of the bridge is leaked in low quality.
- May 10th, 2021 - Full song is leaked on SoundCloud.[2]
- May 10th, 2021 (later) - Full song is leaked in higher quality.
Cross-References
- "There's a girl on a carousel" is a direct reference to "Carousel".
- "There's a house in my neighborhood with a perfect lawn but inside the kitchen there's something deeply wrong" is a direct reference to "Dollhouse" and possibly "Sippy Cup".
- "And that house is getting flooded and the walls are falling down" could be a reference to the "Cry Baby" music video.
- "She makes everybody drown" is a direct reference to "Cry Baby".
- "There's a girl at the party eating cake alone" is a reference to "Pity Party".
- "That boy will be sorry when he picks up the phone" is a direct reference to "Zzzz".
- "Her teddy bear is crazy" is a direct reference to "Teddy Bear".
- "Now the girl's at a funeral, dressed in all black" is a direct reference to "Dead to Me".
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a girl on a carousel reaching out her hands
But no one reaches back and she doesn't understand
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Verse 2]
There's a house in my neighborhood with a perfect lawn
But inside the kitchen there's something deeply wrong
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Verse 3]
And that house is getting flooded and the walls are falling down
When Melatonin cries, she makes everybody drown
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 4]
There's a girl at a party eating cake alone
That boy will be sorry when he picks up the phone
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Verse 5]
Her teddy bear is crazy
Grabbed a knife and chased her
She had to kill him, it didn't even phase her
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Verse 6]
Now the girl's at a funeral dressed in all black
Someone just died but the girl isn't sad
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Nothing ever stays inside the lines
[Bridge]
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
These are the pages in my coloring book
[Outro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
La-la-ah-ah-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-oh-ah-ah
La-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Video
Trivia
- This is Melanie's second longest known song, next to "High School Sweethearts" and "Story of an Insomniac".
- This song references several songs from the Cry Baby sessions, including both outtakes and songs that made it to the final album.
- The songs are "Carousel", "Dollhouse", "Cry Baby", "Pity Party", "Zzzz", "Teddy Bear", "Milk and Cookies" and "Dead to Me".