Demi Lovato. Photo: Nicki Swift
Demi Lovato. Photo: Nicki Swift

Full Lyrics of "Melon Cake"

There was a time

I was living as a prisoner inside my own mind

And there was a time

Where the cat and mouse tried to make me

Barbie sized and I obliged

Pulled leather over my eyes in a hundred degree heat

People out here getting fired for chocolate in the back seat

(True story)

I had too much of my fill and turns out it wasn't cheap

People always hung around who only wanted skin deep

And now I'm saying

No more melon cakes on birthdays

No more barricades in doorways

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

You could find me

Starving for attention most days

Amongst others things, god help me

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

No more melon cake

There was a time

I was pulled in all directions and forgot about mine

But I wouldn't wish

Those thoughts on my worst enemy

They make you wish you don't exist

Pulled leather over my eyes in a hundred degree heat

People out here getting fired for chocolate in the back seat

I had too much of my fill and turns out it wasn't cheap

People always hung around who only wanted skin deep

And now I'm saying

No more melon cakes on birthdays

No more barricades in doorways

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

You could find me

Starving for attention most days

Amongst others things, god help me

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

No more melon cake

No more melon cake

No more melon cake

No more melon cake

Dear little me

I'm sorry that it took so long

But, baby, you're free

And now I'm saying

No more melon cakes on birthdays

No more barricades in doorways

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

You could find me

Starving for attention most days

Amongst others things, god help me

Finally get to do things my way

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

No more melon cake

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The Real Meaning Behind Demi Lovato's 'Melon Cake'

Demi Lovato opened up during a March 2020 conversation with Ellen DeGeneres about having an eating disorder, an issue she claims was made worse by her management team. "I just felt like my life was so — and I hate to use this word — but it felt, like, controlled by so many people around me," she told DeGeneres. "If I was in my hotel room at night, they would take the phone out of the hotel room so I couldn't call room service. Or if there was fruit in my room, they took it out because that's extra sugar." Lovato alluded this to in "Melon Cake," singing, "There was a time I was living as a prisoner inside my own mind. And there was a time where the cat and mouse tried to make me Barbie-sized, and I obliged."

According to Lovato's account, she was allowed to have fruit on her birthday — a watermelon cake with fat-free whip cream. "It kind of became this ongoing joke, but I just really wanted birthday cake," she admitted. When Lovato made Scooter Braun her manager, she finally got the dessert she had craved for so long. "I just remember crying because I was finally eating cake with a manager that didn't need anything from me and that loved me for who I am," she said, according to Nicki Swift.

Lovato referenced this triumph in the tune, belting out, "Now I'm saying no more melon cakes on birthdays, no more barricades in doorways. Finally get to do things my way."

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