Released: February 15, 2021
Songwriter: One Love Kinetics Melanie Martinez
Producer: One Love
[Verse 1]
I'm in the process of counting sheep
But they're all so bloody
My hushed little baby still makes a peep
There's a ghost in the nursery
I'm haunted even when you're never there
And I'm taunted by your teddy bear
Like it's talkin' and it's asking me
Why you never came home
[Pre-Chorus]
I missed the shower
I miss your cradle
I miss your carriage
I miscarriaged
I miscarriaged, mis-miscarriaged
And you never came home
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
[Verse 2]
I'm in the process of apologies
There's a husband who doesn't know that I'm guilty
There's a harsh little secret inside of me
And a ghost in the nursery
Oh, honey, you'll never see your son become a star
Or the money you spent on that box of cigars
And I'm sorry you never got to hand them out
[Pre-Chorus]
This is for all the horses never given a horseman
Never grew to be Porsches
This is for all divorces all caused by abortions
Babies having babies and babies having abortions
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
[Bridge]
Rockin' horse, rockin' horse
Ooh, back and forth
You never came home
Rockin' horse, rockin' horse
Ooh, back and forth
And you never came home
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
I'm in the process of counting sheep
But they're all so bloody
My hushed little baby still makes a peep
There's a ghost in the nursery
I'm haunted even when you're never there
And I'm taunted by your teddy bear
Like it's talkin' and it's asking me
Why you never came home
[Pre-Chorus]
I missed the shower
I miss your cradle
I miss your carriage
I miscarriaged
I miscarriaged, mis-miscarriaged
And you never came home
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
[Verse 2]
I'm in the process of apologies
There's a husband who doesn't know that I'm guilty
There's a harsh little secret inside of me
And a ghost in the nursery
Oh, honey, you'll never see your son become a star
Or the money you spent on that box of cigars
And I'm sorry you never got to hand them out
[Pre-Chorus]
This is for all the horses never given a horseman
Never grew to be Porsches
This is for all divorces all caused by abortions
Babies having babies and babies having abortions
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
[Bridge]
Rockin' horse, rockin' horse
Ooh, back and forth
You never came home
Rockin' horse, rockin' horse
Ooh, back and forth
And you never came home
[Chorus]
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
Back and forth, back and forth
Move back and forth like a rocking horse
That rocking horse that your daddy bought you
That you never saw goes back and forth
more tracks from the album
Unreleased Songs
- Papercuts
- Play Date (Demo)
- Naptime / K-12 intro song
- Dressed in Mistakes
- Drama Club (Demo)
- Band-Aid (Scrapped)
- Detention (Demo)
- Zzzz
- Cereal Scene Song*
- Silence Says
- Tag, You’re It (Demo)
- The Principal (Demo 1)
- The Principal (Demo 2)
- Psycho Lovers
- Candy Love
- Seesaw
- Coloring Book
- Drowning
- Twins
- Ring Pop
- Bombs on Monday Morning (Demo)
- Rocking Horse
- 99¢ Store
- King of the Arcade
- Half Hearted (Voice Memo)
- Oh, Carousel
- A Million Men
- Curly Cue
- You Love I
- Gold Diggin’ Love
- Where Do Babies Come From?
- A Thousand Words
- Night Mime
- Run
- Race
- Bones are Blue
- The One
- Smoke
- Intervals
- Alone
- I Scream
- Bombs on Monday Morning
- Dear Porcupines
- Until Sunrise
- Intervals (Second Version)
- Jump Rope
- Schizo
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Unhappy Meal
- Birthing Addicts
From the album
Melanie Martinez popular songs
- Sippy Cup
- Dollhouse
- Tag, You’re It
- High School Sweethearts
- Mrs. Potato Head
- Show & Tell
- Play Date
- Mad Hatter
- Cry Baby
- Training Wheels
- Fire Drill
- Soap
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Pacify Her
- The Principal
- Nurse’s Office
- Wheels on the Bus
- Pity Party
- Orange Juice
- Alphabet Boy
- Detention
- Lunchbox Friends
- Piggyback
- Cake