Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez
In “VOID,” Melanie describes the cruelty of her intrusive thoughts, taking experience from her hypnotherapy experiences. The song is meant to continue the concept of the afterlife, after the lead single “DEATH.” She kicks off the second track of her album with a fuse of pop-rock and punk–the perfect...
[Intro]
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void
[Verse 1]
Baby
I'm spinnin’ 'round the corner
It's tasting kinda lonely
And my mind wants to control me
E-e-e-empty
There’s rotten things left in me
Injected by society
No one here but me to judge me
[Pre-Chorus]
Pipe down with the noise, I cannot bear my sorrow
I hate who I was before
I fear I won't live to see the day tomorrow
Someone tell me if this is Hell
[Chorus]
I gotta escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I've done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holdin' a loaded gun
The void
Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself
Kneeling on a metal grater
Bloody like a body that has died and it's myself
Tangled in my own intestines
I gotta escape the void
There is no other choice, yeah
Gotta escape the void
[Verse 2]
So strange
I'm tryna find a doorway
My eyes are starin' at me
And they seem so damn unhappy
C-c-c-collect
My fickle insecurities
And turn them into beauty
Alchemize the dark within me-ee (Ah)
[Pre-Chorus]
Pipe down with the noise, I cannot bear my sorrow
I hate who I was before
I fear I won't live to see the day tomorrow
Someone tell me if this is Hell
[Chorus]
I gotta escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I’ve done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holdin’ a loaded gun
The void
Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself
Kneeling on a metal grater
Bloody like a body that has died and it's myself
Tangled in my own intestines
I gotta escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I’ve done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holdin' a loaded gun
The void
VOID was written by Melanie Martinez.
VOID was produced by Melanie Martinez.
Melanie Martinez released VOID on Wed Mar 29 2023.
[“Void”] is very special to me because it is the first song I fully produced on my own. “Void” has many layered meanings for me aside from it being generally about my anxiety, my tendency to overthink, and being overly critical of myself. It is also the second stage of the afterlife that I found was...
The song debuted at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, during the tracking week ending April 15, 2023. The song marks Martinez' second song from PORTALS to appear on the Hot 100, her first being “DEATH” which has peaked at #95.