Mistakes

Mistakes
General information
Artist	Melanie Martinez
Recorded	2013
Leaked	June 4, 2021
Genre	Alternative
Length	4:02 (see official versions)
Writer(s)	Melanie Martinez Robopop
Producer(s)	Robopop

"Mistakes", also registered as "Dressed in Mistakes", is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez. It was recorded in the sessions of her debut studio album, Cry Baby and her scrapped 2013 EP, however, it was later scrapped.

The full song was leaked on June 4, 2021.

Background

Melanie mentioned this song in a post on Facebook in early 2014. This suggests that the song was intended to be released on an early draft of the album along with the other songs mentioned.

Theme

This song is about rebelling against your parents and doing whatever you want. The meaning behind the title is about being covered in your mistakes for going against the rules.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm my dad's worst fears
"Don't run with scissors"
So I grabbed shears
"Go clean your room"
Threw dresses out the window with a gun

[Pre-chorus]
Hi, hum, hi, hum
I love to run away
With the moon, I'll stay
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Do you wanna play?

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Verse 2]
Stole my parents' car
Don't have the license to give a shit at all
Draw on the walls
I pop the heads off of all my Barbie dolls

[Pre-chorus]
Hi, hum, hi, hum
I'd love to run away
With the moon, I'll stay
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Do you wanna play?

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Breakdown]
Haha, hum
Haha, oh
Hum, haha, hum (mm-mmm)

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Outro]
Haha, oh
Ha, hum

[Verse 1]
I'm my dad's worst fears
"Don't run with scissors"
So I grabbed shears
"Go clean your room"
Threw dresses out the window with a gun

[Pre-chorus]
Hi, hum, hi, hum
I love to run away
With the moon, I'll stay
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Do you wanna play?

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Verse 2]
Stole my parents' car
Don't have the license to give a shit at all
Draw on the walls
I pop the heads off of all my Barbie dolls

[Pre-chorus]
Hi, hum, hi, hum
I'd love to run away
With the moon, I'll stay
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Do you wanna play?

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Breakdown]
Haha, hum
Haha, oh
Hum, haha, hum (mm-mmm)

[Chorus]
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes
Rules I break, hearts I'll take
I'm dressed in mistakes
Bite your lip, don't give a shit
I'm dressed in mistakes

[Outro]
Haha, oh
Ha, hum

Official versions

Version	Associated project	Leak date	Producer(s)	Creation date	Length
"MISTAKES 1.0.m4a" (demo)	2013 EP	Unleaked	Robopop	2013	Unknown
"MISTAKES 2.0.m4a" (final)	Cry Baby	June 4, 2021	Robopop	December 20, 2013	4:02

Trivia

• The song's final version was exported twice by Robopop, once in low quality and once in high quality.
  • The reason he did this is unknown.
• This song contains an interpolation of "Brahms' Lullaby" by Johannes Brahm.
• This song was recorded in the same session as "Psycho Lovers" and "Night Mime"'s Cry Baby version.

References

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