Mascara is written about Chino’s then-wife, Celeste. He describes in an interview that his former wife hardly listened to his music. He describes a time when she listened in the car with him. After it finished, she had no reaction, which frustrated him tremendously.
[Verse 1]
I feel soon I will sink into you
What do you think?
'Cause there's still blood in your hair
Got the bruise of the year
[Chorus]
But there's something about her long, shady eyes
I'm all about her shade tonight
[Verse 2]
I hate your tattoos
You have weak wrists
But I'll keep you
[Chorus]
'Cause there's something about her long, shady eyes
I'm all about her shade tonight
[Outro]
Well, it's too bad
It's too bad
It's too bad
You're married to me
Mascara was written by Chi Cheng & Stephen Carpenter & Abe Cunningham & Chino Moreno.
Mascara was produced by Deftones & Terry Date.
That has to do with my wife and how there’s certain things about her that I really don’t like, and there’s a lot of things about her that I do like and, you know. It’s how the song says, ‘there’s something about her, long shady eyes, that’s the chorus. And you know there’s just something about her t...