Melanie Martinez
Teddy Bear lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Indie Pop, Indie Rock
- Length
- 4:00
Stitched you up, put you together
With cotton and feather
Gave you love, put my heart inside you
Oh, whаt could I do?
When you started talking in your sleep
Saying things you'd do to me
I didn't care, I wasn't scared
Now I'm finding knives under the sheets
Crumbled photographs of me
I'm in despair, should I be scared?
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
You were comforting and quiet
How did love become so violent? Oh
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
I threw you out, I didn't outgrow you
I just didn't know you
Now you're back, it's so terrifying
How you paralyze me
Now you're showing up inside my home
Breathing deep into the phone
I'm so unprepared, I'm fucking scared
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
You were comforting and quiet
How did love become so violent? Oh
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
I'm fucking scared
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
You were comforting and quiet
How did love become so violent? Oh
Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear
Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La-ha, la-ha
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Key vocabulary
- gave
- past of give
- whаt
- which thing
- you'd
- you would
- didn't
- did not
- care
- attention and responsibilityA2
- deep
- far down or far awayA2
- heart
- center of feelingsA2
- inside
- withinA2
- kill
- cause deathA2
- knives
- cutting tools with bladesA2
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About this song
Melanie Martinez is an American singer of Latin American heritage who works in alternative pop. She is known for her character-driven, conceptual albums starting with Cry Baby and for building an immersive musical universe through her songwriting and storytelling.