Melanie Martinez

Cake

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[Verse 1]
Your skin is warm like an oven
Your kiss is sugary sweet
Your fingers feel like cotton
When you put your arms around me
It feels like I'm just missing
Something whenever you leave
We've got all the ingredients
Except you loving me
And respectfully

[Chorus]
I'm not a piece of cake
For you to just discard
While you walk away
With the frosting of my heart
So I'm taking back
What's mine, you'll miss
The slice of heaven that
I gave to you last night

[Verse 2]
You smell just like vanilla
You taste like buttercream
You're filling up my senses
With empty calories
It feels like I'm just missing
Something whenever you leave
We've got all the ingredients
Except you needing me
So respectfully

[Breakdown]
If I am just a piece of cake
If I am just a piece of cake
Then, you're just a piece of meat
You're just a piece of meat to me
If I am just a piece of cake
If I am just a piece of cake
Then, you're just a piece of meat
You're just a piece of meat to me

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loudsilences On Sep 13, 2015

[Verse 1]
 Your skin is warm like an oven
 Your kiss is sugary sweet
 Your fingers feel like cotton
 When you put your arms around me
 It feels like I'm just missing
 Something whenever you leave
 We've got all the ingredients
 Except you loving me
 And respectfully

[Chorus]
 I'm not a piece of cake
 For you to just discard
 While you walk away
 With the frosting of my heart
 So I'm taking back
 What's mine, you'll miss
 The slice of heaven that
 I gave to you last night

[Verse 2]
 You smell just like vanilla
 You taste like buttercream
 You're filling up my senses
 With empty calories
 It feels like I'm just missing
 Something whenever you leave
 We've got all the ingredients
 Except you needing me
 So respectfully

[Chorus]
 I'm not a piece of cake
 For you to just discard
 While you walk away
 With the frosting of my heart
 So I'm taking back
 What's mine, you'll miss
 The slice of heaven that
 I gave to you last night

[Breakdown]
 If I am just a piece of cake
 If I am just a piece of cake
 Then, you're just a piece of meat
 You're just a piece of meat to me
 If I am just a piece of cake
 If I am just a piece of cake
 Then, you're just a piece of meat
 You're just a piece of meat to me

[Chorus]
 I'm not a piece of cake
 For you to just discard
 While you walk away
 With the frosting of my heart
 So I'm taking back
 What's mine, you'll miss
 The slice of heaven that
 I gave to you last night

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2015-09-13 09:33:15

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by joemama6811

3y ago

This song is about Crybaby being in a toxic relationship with a person who just wants her for the sex and thinks of her as a piece of cake that he can just discard and walk away with the frosting of her heart, and leave Crybaby to feel used. The relationship has all of the ingredients except him loving and needing Crybaby. She finally says that if she's just a piece of cake to him, then he's just a piece of meat to her.

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by nicholasbf

9y ago

I feel like this song is simple and straight to the point. She is referring to herself as a piece cake. A piece of cake is sweet and so is she. The person she is dating comes to get some of that sweet cake or should I say only a taste and then he throws her away like a piece of cake. SHe also mentions you "while you walk away with the frosting of my heart." He basically stole her heart but he isn't giving it back.

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