Melanie Martinez
THE CONTORTIONIST lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Pop
- Length
- 3:21
Twisted all my limbs for you
Two of them in knots and two of them in loops
Ribbons tied around like a noose
Wonder if I'll ever get it loose
I don't wanna bruise for you
Holding back my words until my face is blue
I don't really care about your crew
You can tell 'em what you wanted to
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (pushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (lovin' me)
Blood is pumping, blood is pumping (pullin' me)
Feeling nothing, feeling nothing (fuckin' me)
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (crushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (touchin' me)
Ooh-ah
I'm done, I'm done, done doin' back bends, I break and I snap
It's no fun, no fun, pushed myself into a box while you held
Out a gun, I'm done, ooh-ah, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha-ah
I'm done, I'm done, oh-ah, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha-ah
Twisting all my bones like screws
Stretching my self-worth, just like you usually do
Caught you like the cold or a flu
Praying that I'll someday be immune
Got me like a bad tattoo (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Always under skin, even when it gets removed (ooh)
Never get a chance to undo (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Positions that you forced my way into (ooh)
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (pushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (lovin' me)
Blood is pumping, blood is pumping (pullin' me)
Feeling nothing, feeling nothing (fuckin' me)
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (crushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (touchin' me)
Ow
I'm done, I'm done, done doin' back bends, I break and I snap
It's no fun, no fun, pushed myself into a box while you held out
A gun, I'm done, ooh-ah, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha-ah
I'm done, I'm done, ooh-ah, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha-ah
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (pushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (lovin' me)
Blood is pumping, blood is pumping (pullin' me)
Feeling nothing, feeling nothing (fuckin' me)
Bones are crushing, bones are crushing (crushin' me)
Bodies touching, bodies touching (touchin' me)
Blood is pumping, blood is- (ow)
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Key vocabulary
- done
- finished
- doin
- doing (informal)
- bends
- curves; changes directionB1
- snap
- sudden breaking soundC1
- pushed
- past of push; moved with forceA2
- myself
- me, aloneA2
- box
- a container with sidesA1
- held
- kept in the hands
- gun
- weapon that shootsA2
- ha-ha
- laugh sound
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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.