APOLLO/CYCLES

APOLLO is the 8th track on Melanie Martinez’s 4th studio album CYCLES. This song is about How the sun rejuvenates your body, heals your human form, soul, and connections. It’s about being cleansed from all your negatives, as if being showered in dew drops. Your mind is fuzzy from all the warmth being cleansed and cleaned from all your limiting beliefs . It could be a reference to Melanie’s 3rd studio album track, LIGHT SHOWER. Although it is not confirmed. Alternatively titled, “HEALING” was originally about the Greek god, Apollo given the new title although he’s only mentioned briefly in the snippet. “Paint me like a song written by Apollo.” Considering Apollo was a god within the universe of songs and dances, healing and sun it makes sense to use such a bright god to understand the importance the feeling of glee.

The snippet was posted as the last snippet to the CYCLES Album. A bright sun peeking through white blinds onto a marble floor where yellow paint was dripping from a living room. The white wooden door opened, revealing a beautiful yellow and flowery painting of Melanie’s faeri form with a looming god over her. The lyrics splattered across the painting as the sun kept peeking and glaring onto the painting. Emitting a beautiful yellow glow

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Up in the hammock, swinging alongside the shores

Words glittered all across my arms, inky black and pearly blue

Sun beaming right onto my forehead, sunlight dripping off my conscious

Healing bodies, all around. Growing and believing, growing and separating.

Learning what’s best, learning what’s the worst

Wish Apollo came to me, and told me, it would be just fine.

Pre-Chorus:

“Paint me like a song written by Apollo, come into my mind and absorb my healing prosperities

Push me into living, cleanse me like a cold waterfall. Bring my dreams to fruition

Hold me close, let’s die old together. Cling to me tight like we’re tied

Bite me baby, I won’t scream. I love the way you grab at me, kiss me all over

Chorus:

Bite me, b-b-b-bite me. Your lips connect with my heart, fold us close together

Crying in each others warmth, ooh ooh show me a picture of your mind

Baby, I’m not insane. Look deep inside of me and you’ll find.

Maybe take a picture, leave it all to rest. Bring my body close like your in a nest

Come close to me, come close to me.

Come, come, come.

Verse 2:

Bringing his authenticity to the light, bringing up past mistakes and fixing it with intention.

Worship his mindset, dive into his prosperities. Hold tight on the minerals he saved.

Little bits of energy, rushing off his body, baby I’m too healed for you

Thought you would get off by my pictures, but no.

I will never be taken advantage of, for being calculated or expensive.

No, I will never be used for attention, no.

(Never used, never used) (No) (Never used, never used.) (No)

Verse 3:

Thought you would body me, NO! Now you only obey me.

Thought you would body me, NO! Now you only obey me.

Thought you would, thought you would, NO!

Thought you would, thought you would, NO!

Paint me like a song, like me a creation, paint me like Apollo

Make me glitter like him, Apollo, Apollo, make me glitter like him

Apollo, Apollo, make me glisten like him. Please.

Pre-Chorus:

“Paint me like a song written by Apollo, come into my mind and absorb my healing prosperities

Push me into living, cleanse me like a cold waterfall. Bring my dreams to fruition

Hold me close, let’s die old together. Cling to me tight like we’re tied

Bite me baby, I won’t scream. I love the way you grab at me, kiss me all over

Chorus:

Bite me, b-b-b-bite me. Your lips connect with my heart, fold us close together

Crying in each others warmth, ooh ooh show me a picture of your mind

Baby, I’m not insane. Look deep inside of me and you’ll find.

Maybe take a picture, leave it all to rest. Bring my body close like your in a nest

Come close to me, come close to me.

Come, come, come.