Mistakes

"Mistakes"^[1] (alternatively titled "Dressed in Mistakes"^[2]) is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez. It was originally intended to be featured on her debut studio album, Cry Baby, however, it was later scrapped.

The full song was leaked in low quality on October 10^th, 2020. The high quality version was leaked on June 4^th, 2021.

Theme[]

This song is about rebelling against your parents and doing whatever you want, becoming a delinquent. The meaning behind the title is about being covered in 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

Official versions[]

Version	Intended project	Leak date	Producer(s)	Creation date	Length
Demo	Cry Baby	Unleaked	Robopop	-	Unknown
"MISTAKES 2.0" (final)	Cry Baby	June 4^th, 2021	Robopop	December 20^th, 2013	4:02

Trivia[]

This song, along with "Night Mime" and "Psycho Lovers", was recorded days before Christmas.
The track's original file was in the "m4a" format.
Melanie has mentioned this song in a post on Facebook in 2014.^[1]
This song contains an interpolation of "Brahms' Lullaby" by Johannes Brahm.

References[]

Navigation[]

v • e
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Bonus tracks	Play Date • Teddy Bear • Cake
Scrapped tracks	99 Cent Store • A Million Men • A Thousand Words • Animal Crackers • Arts & Crafts • Ball Pit • Band Aid • Birthing Addicts • Bittersweet Tragedy • Bombs on Monday Morning • Bones Are Blue • Cartoons • Coloring Book • Cooties • Dead To Me • Dear Porcupines • Drowning • Gold Diggin' Love • Half Hearted • Haunted • Heartbeat • I Scream • Jumprope • King Of The Arcade • Mirror Mirror • Mistakes • Night Mime • Patient • Psycho Lovers • Ring Pop • Rocking Horse • Rotten Milk • Rough Love • Run • Schizo • Seesaw • Sticks and Stones • Strawberry Fields • Toy Chest • Trophy Wife • Twins • Unhappy Meal • Where Do Babies Come From? • You Love I • Zzzz
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Tour	Cry Baby Tour • Cry Baby Tour Part 2 • Cry Baby Euro Tour • Cry Baby Euro Tour Part 2 • Cry Baby Australia and New Zealand Tour • The Trilogy Tour

v • e Unreleased songs
Leaked songs	99 Cent Store • A Million Men • A Thousand Words • Absorb • AK-47 • Angels Song • Arts & Crafts • Band Aid • Barely Juice • Birthing Addicts • Bombs on Monday Morning • Bones Are Blue • Coloring Book • Cooties • Corpse • Curly Cue • Dear Porcupines • Death • Dragon's Blood • Drowning • Emerald • Eraser • Erase Her • Fairy Dance • Fingers Crossed • Function • Garden • Glue Stick • Gravitate • Half Hearted • Haunted • Hawaii Space Guitar • History • I Scream • Inconsistent Flame • Infomercial • Jinx • Jumprope • Labyrinth (version 1) • Labyrinth (version 2) • Last Chapter (Never Stayed for Love) • Lost & Found • Magnets • Maze • Mistakes • Mother of Pearl • Needle and Thread • Night Mime • Paper Cut • Papercut • Patient • Psycho Lovers • Puzzles • Ring Pop • Rocking Horse • Rotten Milk • Rough Love • Run • Schizo • Seesaw • Spin The Bottle • Sticks and Stones • Strawberry Fields • Synchronicities • The One • Time Flies • Toy Chest • Trophy • Trophy Wife • Tunnel Vision • Twins • Under The Desk • Unhappy Meal • Void • Walkie Talkie • Where Do Babies Come From? • You Love I • Zzzz
Partially leaked Songs	Cartoons • Dressed For Me • Fragile • Heart at the Door • Heartbeat • Hell On My Heart • Mirror Mirror • Oh No! • Not Dead, Just Expired
Unleaked songs	Alone • Animal Crackers • Ball Pit • Gold Diggin' Love • Intervals • I Love My Ride • King Of The Arcade • Menace to Society • Milky Way • Oh Carousel • Race • Smoke • Until Sunrise

[source1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.facebook.com/304606366290482/posts/512286915550459/

[2] File:Dressed_in_Mistakes.png

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