AMULET

"**AMULET**" is a song by Melanie Martinez that is featured as the second track from her sixth studio album, PLANETARY DYNASTY. It is also the second single from the album. It was released on March 26, 2023, then released again on March 31, 2023, and then re-released on April 5, 2023.

## Background

This is one of the songs that made it to the album that she wrote and recorded in the "portals room". The track started as a bass guitar top line, the exact melody from the voice memo she recorded a few days prior, with the lyrics and melody were created in the moment. Melanie also stated that they remember loving how the sound of the track was, so they therefore released it as a single. She eventually knew this was going to be the second track for the album.

On August 8, 2023, the music video for AMULET won for the Video Music Awards in the category for Best Visual Effects.

## Tracklist

Two days before the standard *AMULET* album was released, "VOID" was released on its own as a single. A few days later, the Sped Up Version and instrumental of the song were added to the single, forming a tracklist that is only available on Spotify.

## Theme

The theme of "AMULET" revolves around self-value, uniqueness, and the inherent worth of an individual. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of an amulet, symbolizing a person who recognizes their spiritual wealth, intrinsic value, and the rarity of their being. The song communicates a strong sense of self-confidence and self-awareness, emphasizing that the true worth of the individual extends beyond material possessions and societal expectations

## Lyrics

**[Refrain]**

I'm an amulet, infused with spiritual wealth

I'm valuable, ignorance like you can't tell

Your a pebble, little roughness formed your shell

I'm an artifact so old, pressure so high I've evolved

**[Chorus]**

I'm a masterpiece, so beautiful

I'm crystalline, strength to cut through stone

Emerald so green, envied by all you know

But to you, I'm an accessory

Too blind to see my rarity, my rarity

**[Verse]**

I'm an emerald, shine so bright in any situation

Blind you with my light, turn snakes into snakeskins

I'm close to the heart, tuned into my emotions

I don't need no jewelry to make me precious

No sum you could pay could ever, ever forge me

You can't see that I'm something quite extraordinary

Material wealth don't make you above me

Don't care 'bout your status, I will not be your trophy

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I am mine to show off baby

I worked hard and it paid off

This glorious glow, it wasn't born over night

You'll never have this so don't even try

**[Refrain]**

I'm an amulet, infused with spiritual wealth

I'm valuable, ignorance like you can't tell

Your a pebble, little roughness formed your shell

I'm an artifact so old, pressure so high I've evolved

**[Chorus]**

I'm a masterpiece, so beautiful

I'm crystalline, strength to cut through stone

Emerald so green, envied by all you know

But to you, I'm an accessory

Too blind to see my rarity, my rarity

**[Bridge]**

Diamonds and rubies, the star in all the movies

Wears me out, big pockets, I am her favorite locket

Keeps them droolin'

The semi-precious stones ain't as cold and they're curious

Where did I get refined, get my cuts and my polishes?

I am too many karats for your budget, ask the jeweler

Your boyfriend tried me on, wore me out, made him cooler

Like Moldavite or Emeralds from Colombian Andes

It will be the brightest, the brightest green you ever seen

Ancient and it's protective, an expensive rarity

So rare it is offensive, I think you will agree

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I am mine to show off baby

I worked hard and it paid off

This glorious glow, it wasn't born over night

You'll never have this so don't even try

**[Refrain]**

I'm an amulet, infused with spiritual wealth

I'm valuable, ignorance like you can't tell

Your a pebble, little roughness formed your shell

I'm an artifact so old, pressure so high I've evolved

**[Chorus]**

I'm a masterpiece, so beautiful

I'm crystalline, strength to cut through stone

Emerald so green, envied by all you know

But to you, I'm an accessory

Too blind to see my rarity, my rarity

**[Outro]**

Hmm, too bad you last something as rare and expensive as me

C'est la vie!

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