"Shoelaces" is the eighth song on Melanie's fourth studio album, Gummies.
Theme[]
This song is about Cry Baby killing her ex's obnoxious, homophobic mother, who she was singing about in Luck, by choking her with a rope. Meanwhile, Sophia is worried that her mother's actions are going to provoke a family war.
Lyrics[]
I've had enough
Of seeing ridiculing faces
I think I'm gonna have
To bring out the shoelaces
I think it's best to run
My mind's finally come undone
Unless, of course, you think
That dying is fun
You'll be left
In tears down in the dust
Let me go over the things
That you said to me
I mean why should it matter
If I'm fucking a she
Did you really think
That you could stop me
It's revolution all over again
I'm spilling the tea
You'll be left
In tears down in the dust
And now my daughter says
That I should be worried
Now that I've involved
His family
I am, I am, I am too
Not gonna let it show
Whoever messes with the ones I love
Has to go
You'll be left
In tears down in the dust