Melanie Martinez - ARTS & CRAFTS -- ORIGINAL SONG BY SUQARPLXM ON YOUTUBE, SOUNDCLOUD AND

〈REFRAIN〉
Snip, trim all the things that you don’t like

Cut and paste your life until it’s looking bright

‘Cause it’s arts and crafts, baby

You’re a canvas for painting



〈VERSE 1〉
See the artwork all around you

Masterpieces, can’t keep count and

Teacher’s got so much pride

These girls and boys so blue-eyed

They paint impeccable pictures

Romancing their self-image

But under the thin veneer

They’re struggling to appear perfect


〈BRIDGE〉

Oh, it looks so simple, so easy

Grab a brush, flick a wrist artistically

When you can’t, you’re thinking that somethings wrong inside

What are you not doing right?

〈REFRAIN〉

Snip, trim all the things that you don’t like

Cut and paste your life until it’s looking bright

‘Cause it’s arts and crafts, baby

You’re a canvas for painting

Dozens of retries, but you can’t get it right

Can’t x-ray their image, see what lies behind

’Cause it’s arts and crafts baby

Flawlessness just out of reach


〈VERSE 2〉
Tapestries across the wall

If only you would cross the hall

You’d notice all of the flaws

Woven in amongst the fibres

Glass vase, it may look so pretty

But when pressure sets in

It’s only a fragile image

Despite the beauty held in it



〈BRIDGE〉
Oh, it looks so simple, so easy

Grab a brush, flick a wrist artistically

When you can’t, you’re thinking that somethings wrong inside

What are you not doing right?



〈REFRAIN〉
Snip, trim all the things that you don’t like

Cut and paste your life until it’s looking bright

‘Cause it’s arts and crafts, baby

You’re a canvas for painting

Dozens of retries, but you can’t get it right

Can’t x-ray their image, see what lies behind

‘Cause it’s arts and crafts baby

Flawlessness just out of reach



〈Chorus〉
Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts, baby


〈FINAL VERSE〉

You can’t maintain a perfect pose, it is impossible

It doesn’t matter your experience as a model

Art’s meant to capture all the things that will not last forever

If you were perfect then you would be rigid, glued together

Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York.

Born to Dominican and Puerto Rican parents, she got her start on the Emmy Award-winning TV show The Voice USA at 17 years old. Although she did not win, this lead her to produce her first single “Carousel”, which was used in promos for American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Starting her independent career, Melanie signed with Atlantic Records. More than a year after Melanie’s Dollhouse EP was released, her first studio album Cry Baby made its debut on August 14, 2015, with the likes of Kinetics and One Love as producers of the record. She released her second album called K-12 four years later, on September 6, 2019, counting a total of 13 tracks with themes such as female empowerment and gender equality.

Her unique style of writing, singing, and story-telling has garnered her enormous fanbase— songs like “Mrs. Potato Head” and “Dollhouse” yield a touch of social commentary, while “Alphabet Boy” and “Cry Baby” give listeners a glimpse into her personal life.

She cites Lana Del Rey, Regina Spektor, Feist, Fiona Apple and Marina and the Diamonds as major influences on her music.

In addition to her accounts on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Melanie also uses Tumblr, YouTube, and her official website to connect with fans.