Mariah and Tommy was still married back then. The song is from 1995 and they got separated officially in 1997.
I don't think Mariah would have written that song, if it was about Tommy, when they were still together.
I do believe the song is about people seeing her in that "perfect" way of being Americas sweetheart, a good girl, but people not knowing about the struggles and personal scars from her childhood.
Mariah and Tommy was still married back then. The song is from 1995 and they got separated officially in 1997. I don't think Mariah would have written that song, if it was about Tommy, when they were still together. I do believe the song is about people seeing her in that "perfect" way of being Americas sweetheart, a good girl, but people not knowing about the struggles and personal scars from her childhood.