Melanie Martinez - Play Date Lyrics Meaning

Publish date: 2024-05-06
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Sep 17th 2020 !⃝

Honestly, I can only see one thing in this song - and that is "friends with benefits".
The girl is being clearly used by the boy. He calls her and she says that he feels so far away - meaning that he's not in his normal senses (basically, he's sexually excited). Although she knows that they shouldn't really have anything for each other, she starts to develop feelings for him. In this song, she already has feelings for him.
"It's getting hard to breathe under the sheets with you" means that her heart is racing and she feels suffocation because she no longer looks at this as a casual "no strings attached" sort of relationship.
But since the boy doesn't care about her feelings (because he still sees her as a friend with benefit) she also tells herself that "I don't give a fuck about you anyways." and so on to the point she's tired of chasing after him in hope to get the feelings back she has for him.
"You never share your toys or communicate" would mean that he literally doesn't give an F about her after he has his libido fulfilled.
"I guess I'm just a play date to you"
Now this is a sad line. It's at this point that she realizes that he see's her nothing more than a sex object that he can use to his heart's content and throw away when he's done.
"Ring around the rosy
I never know, I never know what you need
Ring around the rosy, I want to give you, want to give you
What you need"
Is when she's confused as to what she can do to make him fall for her, and admits that she's ready to do it. Obviously, continuing being treated like a sex object won't change anything. And she ends her song admitting that she really cares about him, and that she wants him to know. She says that if she gives more of herself, would he use her more? Because she doesn't want this "play date" to end.
And that makes it another sad part because she knows that he won't fall for her - so she just wants to spend more time with him.

P.S. If you have any similar relationship - please leave it. Sexual desires happen, yes; but don't let it destroy you. Please rate if you found this useful - thanks ♥

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