Melanie Martinez lyrics plus the meanings (PORTALS)

~POWDER~

I am very bored.
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The meaning or theme:
The song's theme seems to be about a person in a toxic relationship with someone who is struggling with addiction and destructive behaviors. The lyrics suggest that the narrator knows the other person needs help, but they refuse to seek it. The repeated reference to "powder" could be a metaphor for drugs or a symbol of the destructive behavior the person is engaging in. The chorus and post-chorus suggest a sense of helplessness and inability to answer the other person's calls for help. Overall, the song may be exploring themes of codependency, enabling, and the difficulty of breaking away from a toxic relationship.

This is also one of the conflict songs that Melanie intentionally added on PORTALS. This song, "BATTLE OF THE LARYNX", "THE CONTORTIONIST", and "EVIL" are the only known conflict songs to reveal by Melanie herself.
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Official Audio:

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Lyrics:

[Intro]
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder

[Verse 1]
Don't wanna know where you go when you're on the run
I'd rather stay naive, too much to believe
Blood falling out from your nose and I'm wondering, "How?"
You glamorize your pain, wear it on display

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it's a cry for help, go help yourself
I opened a million doors, you never go
It's past point of no return, when will we learn?
Alert me when this shit is over

[Chorus]
Lying loud (through it all)
Cut your face (from the fall)
When you're hurt (who'd you call?)
I can't answer now
Spent the rent (from up high)
One-way street (to thе stars)
Clean it up (watch you die)
It's yours to decidе

[Post-Chorus]
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder

[Verse 2]
Show me a picture you paint of someone else
Lived a double life, wish I was surprised
Eyes rolling back to your head, and I'm wondering, "How?"
I recognize your face, put it all to waste

[Post-Chorus]
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it's a cry for help, go help yourself
I opened a million doors, you never go
It's past point of no return, when will we learn?
Alert me when this shit is over

[Chorus]
Lying loud (through it all)
Cut your face (from the fall)
When you're hurt (who'd you call?)
I can't answer now
Spent the rent (from up high)
One way street (To the stars)
Clean it up (watch you die)
It's yours to decide

[Post-Chorus]
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder
Powder, pow-pow-powder