Melanie Martinez: Mad Hatter Meaning
Mad Hatter Lyrics
Skinny dip in rabbit holes for fun.
Poppin', poppin' balloons with guns.
Gettin' high off helium.
We paint white roses red.
Each shade from a different person's head.
This dream, dream is a killer,...
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Crybaby doesn't fit with society's "normals" and made friends with people who are also "crazy" in society's eyes and is embracing her true self now
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To me Melanie Martinez is trying to say that she feels like she is in a wonderland kind of like the one Alice was in in Alice and Wonderland. She most likely was feeling that she wasn’t in the real world as you can say, but in an imaginary trap-like world. Also she feels as if her mind is not right or not thinking right. This song is confusing, but listen to it a few times and try to understand what is going on.
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she feels crazy and that sane people are boring. people tell the docter "something is wrong". she feels judged? but her friends are just as crazy as her so she doesn't feel as weird around them. "the normals" make her feel afraid because they're out to get her. that's just what i got. probably wrong tho
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so, people keep saying that you shouldn't pretend to be crazy, but honestly, if you can actually listen to this song , Mad Hatter, then you are already up there. You don't need a psychiatrist to tell you that you are crazy. You already are in sinc if you are happy and giddy with this song. Im scared to go to a counselor because I don't want to be judged, and I don't want my secrets found out. many people are like that. so don't get upset if another Mad Hatter is just being quiet about it, because its what a lot of people end up being like and it's also whats the smart thing to do. If you'd rather not be in a psyche ward, just saying. so peace.
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I think that this is not necessarily from Melanie's point of view. It's a song about going insane, yes, or maybe already being insane, but Melanie has a specific kind of branding. She's the one with the creepy, childlike songs with lyrics that make you stop and think. She could be writing from a character's perspective, or even someone she knows personally. I'm not ruling out the possibility that it's from hers, but it seems unlikely. If you want to dig deeper, listen to the lyrics of all her songs. They paint a sort of picture in your mind of a, shall we say,dystopian world. They touch on subjects like abuse (Dollhouse,Tag You're It) and wistfulness, (Teddy Bear, Training Wheels) along with more critical commentaries (Milk and Cookies, Mrs. Potato Head) and narratives, like this one, on her own craziness. (Basically all of her songs) This song, is, obviously, open to interpretation, which is why we're here. But personally, I find it to be the story of a girl who tried. She really did. She wanted to fit in, of course, and so she tried. She did her part. But no matter how prettied up she got herself, no matter how many parties she went to, she was still just what she always was. The Mad Hatter.
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This song about a person who is mentally ill with references to Alice in Wonderland.
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I think this song is about being proud and taking ownership of having a mental illness. Telling yourself it's okay to be insane. The song even references mental illness. In the song's lyrics it goes "I'm peeling the skin off my face" which I know picking at and peeling large portions of skin off one's body is part of a certain mental illness called Excoriation Disorder, a form of OCD. I, as a person who suffers from anxiety, depression, and what I think to be OCD (not the Excoriation kind) can relate to this song. It's hard to think about mental illness as a good thing when it separates you from others, but it really helps to listen to this song telling me it's okay to be different, even if others think I'm crazy.
Also this song references Alice In Wonderland with the "blue Caterpillar", "skinny dip in rabbit holes", "we paint white roses red", and "you could be Alice and I could be the Mad Hatter," lines. Even the part where Melanie sings, "So what if I'm crazy, all the best people are," is a part of Alice In Wonderland that may not be as well remembered, where the Mad Hatter apologizes in a way for being crazy and Alice tells him that that's alright, saying "all the best people are". In the world of Alice In Wonderland everything and everyone is crazy, and Alice herself is just hallucinating the whole thing. A few characters can actually be linked to certain disorders, such as the Mad Hatter, while not stated, clearly suffers from Bipolar Disorder.
Sadly, since Melanie Martinez is part of the mainstream, many people will listen to the song and pretend to be crazy or insane when they're really not. Please don't do this, you don't know how crushing it is to witness people singing along to music with lyrics like this, being like "yeah, I'm crazy" when there's nothing wrong with their brains but there is with mine. It's like a kick in a face to me. This is a great song to make people with mental illness feel understood but it's not fun when someone pretend to be crazy when they're not. You don't know what goes on in my head, the struggles that go on every single day. You really don't want to be like this. Don't pretend to be.
All in all, this song is about Cry Baby accepting her craziness. This song is really inspirational for people suffering mental illness but can inspire anyone to be themselves. -
Crybaby is accepting that she's crazy, and is no longer afraid to tell anyone this. There are a lot of Alice in Wonderland references (rabbit holes, blue caterpillar, we paint white roses red,) which fits because everyone is crazy there. Crybaby has found her place, and has embraced her insane side.
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Crybaby/Melanie is accepting he insanity and is not afraid to tell people she’s crazy ,she’s saying she’s not sane and the others may think she’s weird for that. Like”The friends don’t walk they run” they were fake friends to her and never cared about her. Or like”So what if I’m crazy, All the best people are” it’s referring to people not sane and how they don’t care about what others say, She values those people for not giving a f*** in the world about that. And others shouldn’t care either.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I feel like this song is part 2 of Crybaby. How Crybaby was suffering in the past and now she's finally being herself and doesn't mind being crazy anymore.
And the phrase "So what if I'm crazy, the best people are" me and that she's good for being crazy. And she just doesn't care what other people think about her. She kinda uses the Mad Hatter as a reference to her craziness. The Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland" is crazy and mad.
It also says how Crybaby's world is like wonderland. How everybody is like Alice for thinking she's crazy. But she doesn't care and continues to be crazy. -
This song might be about Crybaby suffering from all the stuff in the past so now she's crazy and is saying it's ok to be crazy now??? I got this from another comment too. So vote if you agree with us.
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I don't know why but interprate the lyrics as it is. "doctor, doctor, please listen. My brain is scattered, you can be Alice i'll be the Mad Hatter".
As a mental disorders, I really amaze her. If true, (her disorders as the coment above), she is so grateful and wonderful. Making her anxiety and hallucination as a creativity. And she do it all, the lyrics, songs, videographs, idea, fashion, backdrop, etc.
That's why all the best people are "crazy", for doing all them herself. Craziest artist. -
I think that the meaning is that people should accept who they are. The lyric so what if I'm crazy the best people are means that people who are not all there can be kind, nice and good to hang around with sometimes they can be better to hang around with then people who are all there it do matter because we are all human
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Here we come to the end of Crybaby's journey. Mad Hatter. She belongs in a wonderland world full of things of her insane imagination. Crybaby is afraid of normal people without mental illneses, and feels comfortable with ones who do. She always knew that she was secretly insane inside from all of the things that happened in her life. The line, 'I'm peeling the skin off my face, cause I really hate being safe,' which is truly terrifying. As for peeling the skin off your face. She adds that she doesn't like to be safe from others. She also has finally found freinds, (big, fuzzy animals as seen in the video) since she's always referring to as 'we.' Overall, Crybaby's identity was always truly, mentally, insane.
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