Melanie Martinez - Teddy Bear (Lyrics) 

This song is about an abusive relationship if y'all didn't know. This is for the people that didn't know, so don't have an attitude about it in the comments. Thank you.

This song makes me think about my heroin addiction. It was my teddy bear then it tried to kill me and I had to throw it out and get sober. I've been sober for two years.

My friend doesn’t like Melanie because her songs were creepy, but I like them. They address real life problems. Although I don’t relate to this song there have been others I do relate to, and they are comforting to me

This song has such a deep meaning, people thinking that it's about a Teddy Bear coming alive. It's actually about an Abusive Relationship where it turned out good at first until later on.

Honestly reminds me of my brother. He used to be quiet but he was nice, things changed over the years and before I knew it my own brother stood infront of me with a knife, anger issues, wanting to Stab me and set my hair on fire. My mom was going through a lot so I didn't want to worry her. But he moved out luckily. It's been about 3 months and things have been getting better.

This was the first song I heard by Melanie and I instantly fell in love with how eccentric and different her style was. I’d never heard anything like it. I heard it the year it came out and I immediately listened to the entire album and I was taken aback at how good the album was. Five years later and I’m still jamming out to her music.

This song reminds me of my mom. When I was little, I loved her so much. I hated seeing her cry about my dad, who was emotionally and verbally abusive to her. I did everything I could to help her feel better; making her gifts, getting good grades, and listening to her whenever she was sad. My mom took my love for her and suffocated me with it, constantly tormenting and gaslighting me into thinking she is the victim and that I am the bad guy for showing any resemblance to my dad. Like grabbing a teddy bear and squeezing the life out of it. Just recently, my parents divorced, but somehow she became so much worse. We argue constantly, she punched a hole in my door, and we've almost gotten into fist fights a few times, all because my mom doesn't know how to cope with her own grief. Therapy is too expensive, too, so we're stuck like this until my mom gets her act together. I'm 18 now, I can leave whenever I want, but I won't because I know that bitch will turn on my little brother and fuck him up the same way she did me. I'd rather die than let her ruin him, too. The worst part is, when my mom isn't crying and going insane over my dad, we get along okay. When she's just being herself, me and her almost have a proper mother-daughter relationship. But then she thinks about my dad and goes batshit all over again. It's exhausting, and sometimes I come to this song just to cry.

So people who don’t get it. It’s basically about how she is in an abusive relationship but she thought they were in love. “Stitched you up. Put you together. With cotton and feathers. Gave you love. Put my heart inside you.” This basically means (in my opinion) that she cared about him a lot and took care of him and loved him. When you started talking in your sleep. Saying things you'd do to me I didn't care, I wasn't scared. Now I'm finding knives under the sheets, Crumbled photographs of me. I'm in despair Should I be scared?” She heard what he’d do to her in his sleep but she thought nothing of it. Then she started finding objects and Crumbled photos of her which scares her and makes her Concerned. “Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear. You were comforting and quiet How did love become so violent? Oh, teddy bear, you were my teddy bear. Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me.” She’s basically saying here how Like he was her love, he was nice to around and he was comforting and sweet. But then things start to take a turn and she Wonders what did she do to make that happen. Then everything was amazing and sweet until things started to go down. That’s all I’m gonna do cause it would’ve been too long but it’s about an abusive relationship.

My mom always said “if your teddy bears ever talk to you, tell me right away..”

*_imagine a teddy bear killing you_* edit ; ik what the song is about, its a joke.

A “teddy bear” is about an abusive, toxic relationship SHES just not saying them/ there’s name.

Melanie's voice: 😇🥺💖🌺🍨🍧😇😇🥧🍪🍩🍫🍬🍭🧁❤️✨✨ Melanie's lyrics 😈🔥☠️👺👹💥🕳️🩸🔪🔪🔫🩸👹👹😡😠💀🦴

When I'm sitting next to a teddy bear while listening to this...😨

I love this song! It’s beautiful after she sang like this!

I love Melanie because she actually gives a meaning behind the songs.

Who here 2024?

“How could love become so violent” That hit me so hard

This song is about a abusive realtionship NOT about a teddy bear coming to life ;w; Edit: I know you all know- this comment is like a year months old Edit:Heres some popcorn while reading these replies: 🍿🍿

It's horrible to see how one of my favorite songs from this album when I was 15 yrs old became into something I relate too much now that I'm older... I love Mel so much, I love how she's able to talk about thinks that happen and are actually important.

Love how Melanie portrayed this serious theme with a metaphor so “sweet”

this song hits harder than my ex boyfriend ;)

this song helped me a lot I was in an abusive relationship and I was scared I mean who wouldn't be getting abused everyday with nowhere to hide or run or even escape but I managed :)

This is about being in an abusive relationship. Everything is ok in the beginning then things go south very fast but you don’t really see it as anything hence the lyric “should I be scared”. then by the time you notice it’s not a safe relationship it’s usually too late, hence the “i’m fucking scared.” And most the time the police don’t do much about domestic abuse. They’ll give you restraining orders but usually they don’t work and then the person will break the restraining order and when they do that’s usually how the victim ends up getting killed. If ANYONE important in your life tells you the relationship is abusive in any way GET HELP AND GET OUT! It’s very common to not notice the signs until it’s too late and then your life is in danger. I hope this comment can help someone who might be in an abusive relationship. Stay safe, stay strong, and I love you!

every melanie songs has deep meanings

2:01 someone breathes . . . hear it closely.

I seriously don’t get why people dislike lyric videos like it’s not even their song they are just making lyrics for you like seriously what is the point?

I remember I dreamt of my ex (he did try to kill me, by choking and threatening to drown me) it was a very toxic and abusive relationship. And this song came up in this dream and it relates, sadly to me and what I went through. He would even show up to my house, sit on the driveway, my job and neighborhood. I’m not sure about now but this relates. Remember your worth :) im in therapy healing, it was traumatizing. Especially when they try to convince you it’s your fault. It’s him who made me cry, but also would comfort me after. I’m so happy Melanie brings awareness to real life situations like these.

This song reminds me of my friend. He’s been very toxic lately. He wasn’t always like this. And after getting into another argument, I remembered about this song. He was my teddy bear. :(

I think she was in a toxic relationship and then sang this about it....and used a teddy bear instead of his name or she used to call him teddy bear like this if u think so to

Teddy Bear, Despair, mentions of killing- BRUH MONOKUMA IS THAT YOU

i used to sing this song to my ex boyfriend. i didn’t know what it meant but i liked the rhythm, i was in this relationship for 9 months to me this song means a lot. i know the meaning behind this song and after we broke up i looked it up. sometimes i think if i found out what it meant i would’ve thought about our relationship. he started off so sweet so perfect i felt blind loyalty for him. he was always there for me. but then he started to get abusive and he started to manipulate me. if i knew what this song meant i know it would’ve been different.

Ten year old me: aww so adorable song about a girl and her teddy bear Present me: ⊙﹏⊙ How dafaq did i miss all those words?!

Me when my dog bit me:

A cousin of mine is scared of plushies and soft toys.. this reminds me of her.. maybe I should send her. 😂😂

This is about a VERY serious issue and people take it as a joke. It makes me sad.

I got sent here 🤗

POV of teddy bear 3 You’ve been abusing your adopted daughter and then she starts remind you of the good times and how you were her “teddy bear”. At night she used to hug you and she was scared and you were quiet and didn’t talking like she asked you a question but you still comforted her. And then as she starts to see how everything was so sweet you remind her that the only reason why you’re abusing her is because she killed her birth parents and tried the same thing with you. (No longer POV) after he reminds her that she tried to kill him she picked up the knife that she was hiding behind her back and this time she doesn’t fail. She stands there dripping in blood. Lucky for her she was wearing gloves. Why? Because she was a Germer phobic at least that’s what she told him. She brings her body outback puts it in the shed with a knife and lights the shed on fire. She grabs his keys drives 5 miles away to a fire station. And she tells them her story just like she always has with a different name and she cuts her hair each time. This time a woman adopts her. Poor sweet lady doesn’t know what she’s in for. On the way home she keeps on singing “lalala”. Pov of teddy bear 4: you just adopted this girl it’s been a week and you know this is strange behavior you conduct adoption agency trying to see if you can send her back not because you’re tired of her she’s just not the girl you thought she was. But this name this person doesn’t exist so who who is in your house? As you get off the phone with adoption agency as you turn around you see her standing behind you with one hand behind her back and the other... her teddy bear that smells like bleach and tide. Every time you think you’re alone as you look behind you she’s just standing there with one hand behind her back breathing that’s all she’s doing staring at you and breathing. It’s terrifying, some strange girl that you adopted is terrifying. One night you’re sleeping can you quickly wake up because you feel somethings hanging grab your neck. who is it? Take a guess. Then she starts to singing “teddy bear, you were my teddy bear” over and over again as she’s squeezing your neck. Before you run out of air you ask her “how did love become so violet?” You tell her “everything was so sweet, until you tried to kill me.” She squeezes harder and your story ends but hers why it’s only beginning. . No longer POV: But this time when she goes to the fire station they were expecting her they know her the police jumped out from behind her and cuff her. How did they know? Because isn’t it strange how a man’s shed is on fire but there’s no one in the house and his adoption papers are there with a photo of her but he isn’t there and neither is she and his keys aren’t there and neither is his car and there’s a bit of hair at the front of the door that was cut off and that hair is covered in blood. They put the pieces together. In the police car she singing Lalala and in her head she’s thinking about all her “teddy bears” (Teddy bears is the nickname for the people that she killed and Teddy bear 1 and 2 were her birth parents.) OK so basically POV is the start of the story or at least the first chorus that was meant to be like not the first dude she killed because she killed her parents first and then the dude who adopted her but then on the next edit where it was like basically after the chorus yeah she killed him she goes to a far away fire station and gets adopted by a new lady and then that’s edit two it’s the ladies perspective that adopted our little serial killer. Anyways did you guys like the story

I listen to Melanie Martinez or Billie Elish every night and I don't need teddy bears to sleep with.

This song is about your comfort character tryna hurt you. Really love you and your songs, Melanie

This was the only line “Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear” for 3 years and I finally found the song xD

“Oh what could I do “ Me~throw teddy bear out brhh

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I love how you can listen to her songs and as you grow, the meaning changes

this song is relatable because nearly everyone ive loved hurt me in some way

I was listening to this for like two hours straight I really am that bored three hours later after taking a break i'm back to listening to it

Bakugo real quiet after hearing this

"Crumpled photographs of me. I'm in despair, should I be scared?" *Junko Enoshima, is that you?*

*Teddy Bear is criminally underrated*

BY TEDDY BEAR, SHES CALLING HER LOVER WHO IS ABUSIVEEE AND ITS TOXIC RELATIONSHIP!! holaa ;-;

Stitched you up, put you together With cotton and feather Gave you love, put my heart inside you Oh, what could I do When you started talking in your sleep Saying things you'd do to me I didn't care, I wasn't scared Now I'm finding knives under the sheets Crumbled photographs of me I'm in despair Should I be scared? Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear You were comforting and quiet How did love become so violent? Oh, teddy bear, you were my teddy bear Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me La, la, la, la, la I threw you out, I didn't outgrow you I just didn't know you But now you're back And it's so terrifying how you paralyze me Now you're showing up inside my home Breathing deep into the phone I'm so unprepared, I'm fucking scared Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear You were comforting and quiet How did love become so violent? Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me La, la, la, la, la I'm fucking scared Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear You were comforting and quiet How did love become so violent? Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me La, la, la, la, la

My mom is a human rights lawyer and she owns an NGO to protect and help victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, and stops human trafficking so I’m used to hearing stories like this, and it breaks my heart

No one: Yagami Yato: Teddy Bear

this reminds me of Killing Stalking

This guy walked into my life when one of my "friends" caused me trouble. At first, I wasn't very friends with him because we didn't talk that much but then, he started to show care and affection towards me and I started being clingy(something that I thought I wasn't AT ALL before that). He didn't mind it, he was very gentle, always making me laugh, kinda having a soft spot for me, flirting sweetly, ect.. At first, I was calling him "radiator" cause he's always warm when it's cold outside but then I started to call him teddybear because of his body, he's chubby and was a bit like a protector at that time. Then, we started texting and he was very dry at it but it was normal. Then, I started to vent, very much, I told him I wanted to end it all and he was there for me at 2am, conforting me. I made sure he knew that he could also vent and he knew that he was precious to my eyes. I felt loved, special. He liked the fact I called him teddybear to the point where he said "thank you" when I told him he was also called that in my phone (contacts idk if I'm clear). But then, he started to be a bit distant and I was a bit desperate for his attention when he was not giving it to me, not in a borderline way tho. I started to feel horrible and worthless because of how he could be cold sometimes, I told him that and he was extremely sorry. I would hug him so much sometimes that my sleeves would smell like him at the end of the day. People would think that we were together, even our friends but we weren't, not that I would've hated it but, no. We met at school but he was in a bigger grade than mine so he went away and I stayed to finish my years in the same school we both were, obv. We still were texting, well, everyday. Well, I was texting him every day and I missed him so much like SO SO MUCH. Unfortunately, I fell in love with him, I had the balls to tell him, he didn't feel the same way, ect ect.. But, we were still friends, I would still vent, he would still make me feel horrible, I'd tell him but this time he wouldn't answer... Everything was okay until he started to ignore me because apparently "I was venting too much"... He never really tried to tell me affectionate things when I'd need it, he wasn't really conforting me just listening, make it short, he wasn't making any efforts. He could've just told me it was too much for him but he decided to give me the silent treatment instead... He made me suffer so much, I tried to get him back as much as I could, I told him I loved him I didn't want him out my life, that I didn't open up only for him to go now ect... I said everything I wanted him to say to me and when I told him that the pain his silence was giving me was literally killing me, he replied by "don't care"... And still to this day he sometimes ignore me but one of our friend (his best friend) told me that it was normal, that he needed space ect.. He tried to kill me emotionally,that's why everytime I listen to this song, I feel horrible, that's why every lyric hit really hard... Because my teddy bear tried to kill me. If you read everything, I thank you very much, with all my heart because, fuck it hurts and I just feel like such a big bother to vent here with a looong ass comment so I just want to thank you for making me feel seen and understood, I hope you have a wonderful life and that you succeed everything you try. Bye.

This song reminds me of a lot of different situations I’ve been in. With friends, with my stepsister, with my mom (only when she’s overwhelmed, I LOVE my mom so much)… when you have a big heart and want to be kind all the time sometimes it really sucks the life out of you. People like to use it against you, and they’ll do it by acting nice in the beginning until they have you trapped. It has killed me, and yet I remain kind.

It's so strange and incredible how this song is very relatable and strong for some people, even if they haven't felt this way before or met a sociopath and made him her/his lover. After all, I think it hits for some different ways and I love the Melanie's songs for this!

I have a teddy bear now I'm scared but love her songs

“Everything was so sweet ,until you tried to kill me” OMG MELANIE FUCKING SLAYED THIS SONG

This reminds me of my old relationship, everything started off so sweet, he would do everything that made me smile and made me feel so special. Overtime, he became controlling over the smallest things but I ignored all of that just to be with him. He would say that I couldn't do certain things like talk to my friends or go out with my family because they were his "boundaries". We would constantly argue because of small things but I never disrespected him or anything that he didn't like. He manipulated me to let go of people I genuinely cared about and even separated me from my own family. "I didn't care, I wasn't scared" , Then he started to call me names that hurt or tell me things that made me feel worthless at some point. He would take his anger out on me a lot, even if I didn't do anything wrong. Then as time passed, he became physically abusive. It started with choking, squeezing or twisting any of my body parts. Then months in, it came to punching, body slamming, hair pulling, and slapping. "You were comforting and quiet, how did love become so violent?" He became this type of person slowly and didn't ever change, his apologies didn't mean anything. Abusing me mentally with his words and actions, physically with his hits. I still stayed even though I knew it wasn't right but thankfully, he finally left me alone. I'm out of this situation and still tryna heal, but this is what this song reminds me of though. Everything was so sweet but begins to turn sour especially when it comes to tryna love somebody

Her songs always give me chills

this inspired me for a drawing for art class!

i love this song, I have a bear and I’ve had it for 16 years, this song doesn’t make me scared of her because when I was little she protected me, I’ve grown older and still have her, everytime she would break I would put her back together

It's sad how underrated this song is :(

When I heard this I immediately think of five nights at Freddy’s

Yes u should be scared now tag ur it

monokuma could neverrr

lyrics:how could love get so violent? me:when you go too far with love

I found my six year old brother listening to this and he told me: "Sissy, will my bear hurt me?" And I said: "No buddy, its just a song.." Oh he's so innocent 🥺💕

"you were comforting and quiet how did love become so violent?" *Damn*

This song is like when a person in your comfort zone/safe zone is not nice to you anymore…

Am i the only one that when i read teddy bear i was like BAKUGOU

This actually makes me remind of my brother and my bf. My brother used to be so cool and cute w/ me, but now everytime he's mad, and wherever I'm trying to make him happy, he always yell at me And my bf it's even worse, he's toxic, and a liar, but he always says he loves me, he and my brother always fight, and I always keep quiet, keeping everything to myself, and I don't think I can keep anything for any longer, I don't want to "explode" everything I used to be so comfortable near my brother and my bf, but now I'm scared of both of them My bf always was cute with me, sweet, and etc. But suddenly he became so fucking violent and abusive, he always control everything in my life, and I'm too scared to tell anyone, I can't even talk back at him, because I'm too scared Same goes for my brother, he always say I ruin everything, and then he says he loves me and he only was mad, but still, I get so fucking sad and scared that I can't do anything about it I don't even recognize my brother and my bf anymore I'm too scared to live with my brother, he's bipolar, and I'm scared if he makes something with me when he gets mad, same for my bf My brother and my boyfriend even look like the same person sometimes

2 disliker: dolls or puppets

This song reminds me of my mentally abusive step mother. She constantly promised me she wouldn’t get involved with my parents divorce and then a second later she’d try to turn me against my mom. She would constantly yell at me, belittle and guilt me. She caused me a lot of anxiety and self-doubt. Her love was completely conditional. She’s got a lot of trauma that she hasn’t worked through and I’m so glad I got away from that when I chose to live just with my mom. ❤

just i noticed how calm she say "i am f*cking scared"

This song give off *_STRONG_* Danganronpa vibes

In my eyes I relate to this song cause it shows what I think were toxic/fake friends that were "nice" in the beginning and it started becoming toxic

I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SONG IN FOREVER THE NOSTALGIA :')

This song😩😩😩😩Oml I have and will forever love Melanie Martinez. She’s been my outlet and comfort.😩💖

This song can only understand who's been through such a moment.

their songs are magical. you can't change my mind.

This song explains everything I have to through with my narcissistic mother. Everything was loving and sweet and as I get older and soon after my younger sister was born, everything went to shit.

0:50 "Im in despair" *Nagito didn't like that*

ts was my jam when i was 8

My favourite song by melanie martinez 1:Pacify her 2:Pity party 3:Teddy bear 4:Drama club 5:Mad hatter.

For yall thinking its about a killing teddy bear its not, its about abusive relationships💮 edit: ♡︎

IT HAS BEEN YEARS AND THIS SONG IS STILL UNDERRATED ‼️

this song is so underrated and it gives me so much nostalgia. i also think this song is most likely about addiction because she loved her teddy bear so much until it tried to kill her (like a drug addiction would eventually) and got rid of it but the addiction wouldn’t leave her alone because she didnt “outgrow” it, she lets it lurk in the background and shes scared about it coming back to haunt her.

the song I guess talks about an unstable relationship in between two people, lets say that someone is trying hard to fix it but something goes wrong and the entire relationship goes to shit again, its very dangerous

Why does this make think of if maybe yandere bakugou and sangwoo were a person

This song is too relatable had a fucking panic attack listening to it, but also helps me to deal with what happened

I'm pretty sure almost everyone knew it was about a very abusive relationship. Hold on a minute.. Is that.. Is that a teddy bear in the distance? Why does it look like a yin yang...Wait, is that Danganronpa execution music?

When you little teddy bear tries to kill you but you don't know and you still love him/her

**has monokuma flashbacks**

you guys she not really talking abt a teddy bear lmao

This really reminds me of how my friendships start and how they always end up

This brings me back to when my mom and my stepfather would get into arguments before I was standing.. staring at my mom.. pinning this sic foot tall guy to the closet. Just so.. *fucking terrified* . " *Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me* . " I sat between them on the couch, holding the phone ready to dial 911. *How did love become so violent* ?..

Is it weird that I went out and bought a teddy bear after listening to this song now I sleep with it and leave the kitchen light on for him to find the knives

"Stitched you up, put you together with cotton feathers, gave you love, put my heart inside you, oh what could I do?" = Being there for your partner and doing everything you can to be there for them or "fix" them by giving too much of yourself. "Oh what could I do" is representation of feeling helpless as if you couldn't have possibly done more to love them and be there for them. "When you started talking in your sleep, saying things you'd do to me, I didn't care. I wasn't scared." = Ignoring obvious red flags because of being in denial and not wanting to believe this person is bad "Now I'm finding knives under the sheets, crumpled photographs of me, I'm in despair... Should I be scared?" = The red flags become more and more noticable, making them hard to deny. "should I be scared" is the perfect portrayal of being unsure whether what's happening is okay or not. "I threw you out, I didn't outgrow you. I just didn't know you. But now you're back, it's so terrifying, how you paralyze me." = Trying to cut somebody out of your life because they truly aren't the person you thought they were, you don't know them, you thought you did, but you didn't. When they come back, it's hard to deny them again because their presence in your life is paralyzing, almost like you feel like you can't escape them or say no. "Now you're showing up inside my home, breathing deep into the phone, I'm so unprepared, I'm fucking scared" = Finally all doubts about them being bad are gone. You're truly afraid of them because they're starting to show just how violent they really are. "Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear, you were comforting and quiet, how did love become so violent? Teddy bear, you were my teddy bear, everything was so sweet, until you tried to kill me" = Going over the whole situation in grief, not understanding how somebody who acted so sweet could be so evil inside. Everything seemed so perfect, how did this happen?

I almost forgot about this song, it was the first song I had ever heard from Melanie and it got me to be in the fanbase