The second single from Melanie Martinez’s 2023 album Portals, Void, is scheduled for release on March 31. It comes after the single Death, which was published a few days earlier and was a song about a new stage in her life and career. Additionally, Void has a deep meaning, and fans were eager to learn more. The full lyrics are included at the conclusion of the article after our discussion of it.
Void: the song lyrics & their meaning
Void is a song that deals with the singer’s insecurities and the voices inside her. The power of her inner voices is what is filling the hole and consuming her. Melanie Martinez, however, makes it clear that she plans to fight, saying that it is time to leave this hole.
The song starts off with an allegation and an admission that the protagonist is flawed. Although she ascribes some of the blame for her fall into the void to society rather than to herself, that does not excuse her judgment. Even though we are conscious, we nevertheless judge ourselves.
There’s rotten things left in me
Injected by society, no one here but me to judge me
At the midst of Void, Melanie Martinez imagines herself admitting her identity before a priest, much like in a Catholic confession, and judgment is the main character of the lyrics. Nonetheless, it represents a dialogue between the light and the darkness inside of her and is a representation of self-evaluation. She also desires to overcome her own shadow side.
Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself
Kneeling on a metal grater
Bloody like a body that has died and it’s myself
Tangled in my own intestines
I got to escape the void
There is no other choice, yeah
Got to escape the void
As we examined Death, we discussed a rebirth. As a result, this process also involves a struggle with the part of us that desires to fall into the well. The subsequent words amply demonstrate that Melanie Martinez is, without a shadow of a doubt, discussing a conflict she is having internally.
So strange, I’m trying to find a doorway
My eyes are staring at me, and they seem so damn unhappy
Collect my fickle insecurities, and turn them into beauty
Alchemize the dark within me-ee
Void’s words actually imply exactly what they say: I must battle and overcome the darkness within of me, even though it may have gotten inside of me from the outside. I have no other choice; the present state of my life is hell, and I must create the foundation for a new future. The fans will, as usual, be able to identify to Melanie Martinez’s pursuit of happiness in this song about development and tenacity.
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Melanie Martinez, Void The complete lyrics
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void, in the void
In the void
Baby, I’m spinning ’round the corner
It’s tasting kind of lonely and my mind wants to control me
Ah-ah-ah-empty, there’s rotten things left in me
Injected by society, no one here but me to judge me
I got to escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I’ve done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holding a loading gun, the void
Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself
Kneeling on a metal grater
Bloody like a body that has died and it’s myself
Tangled in my own intestines
I got to escape the void
There is no other choice, yeah
Got to escape the void
So strange, I’m trying to find a doorway
My eyes are staring at me, and they seem so damn unhappy
C-c-c-c-collect my fickle insecurities, and turn them into beauty
Alchemize the dark within me-ee
Pipe down with the noise, I cannot bear my sorrow
I hate who I was before
I fear I won’t live to see the day tomorrow
Someone tell me if this is Hell
I got to escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I’ve done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holding a loading gun, the void
Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself
Kneeling on a metal grater
Bloody like a body that has died and it’s myself
Tangled in my own intestines
I got to escape that void
There is no other choice, yeah
Tryna turn down the voices
The void ate me
Look at the mess I’ve done
There is nowhere to run, yeah
Holding a loading gun, the void