POWDER by Melanie Martinez Song Info
“POWDER” is a song released by Melanie Martinez on April 5th, 2023 along with PLUTO and MILK OF THE SIREN. The song's theme seems to be about a person in a toxic relationship with someone who is struggling with addiction or other destructive behaviors. The lyrics suggest that the narrator knows the other person needs help, but they refuse to seek it. The repeated reference to "powder" could be a metaphor for drugs or a symbol of the destructive behavior the person is engaging in. The chorus and post-chorus suggest a sense of helplessness and inability to answer the other person's calls for help. Overall, the song may be exploring themes of codependency, enabling, and the difficulty of breaking away from a toxic relationship. This is also one of the conflict songs that Melanie intentionally added on PORTALS. This song, "BATTLE OF THE LARYNX", "THE CONTORTIONIST", and "EVIL" are the only known conflict songs to reveal by Melanie herself. Most of these songs are personally written for her ex-partner, Oliver Tree.
