Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse (Lyrics)
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Dollhouse Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey girl, open the walls
Play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family
When you walk away is when we really play
You don't hear me when I say
"Mom, please wake up
Dad's with a slut
And your son is smoking cannabis"
[Pre-Chorus]
No one ever listens
This wallpaper glistens
Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen
[Chorus]
Places, places
Get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
[Post-Chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E, I see things that nobody else sees
[Verse 2]
Hey girl, look at my mom
She's got it going on
Ha, you're blinded by her jewelry
When you turn your back
She pulls out a flask
And forgets his infidelity
Uh oh, she's coming to the attic, plastic
Go back to being plastic
[Pre-Chorus]
No one ever listens
This wallpaper glistens
One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen
[Chorus]
Places, places
Get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
[Post-Chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E, I see things that nobody else sees
[Breakdown]
Hey girl (Hey girl)
Hey girl, open your walls
Play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family
[Chorus]
Places, places
Get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
[Post-Chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E, I see things that nobody else sees
"I just want to go home, but home doesn't even feel like home anymore. You ruined it." -Octavia to Stolas (Helluva boss)
True👁👁
Yep.
I love Helluva boss. And it’s true.
Facts
@@nezukokamado8959 Nezuko?!
this song ruled the world for a while
and it is again!!! this song is gaining traction on tiktok and increasing in spotify streams!
ayo we have the same name. It's just I spell mines with an h. But same tho
I love this song. I also love The principal and another song but not from her fro hasley. Control
FOOOD
Guns
Anyone in 2024??
Yep
Me
Hello
Yo
Me
Honestly this song hits so hard. Never understood why my mom would cry in her room alone because I grew up without a father. Later learned he left her after hearing she was expecting me, leaving her with little money. She got a new boyfriend around almost 4 years ago now. Didn’t think much of the fights at first, but they became so frequent I began to expect the fights and cry when they raised their voices at each other. Over time however I began to react little or not at all to their fights, even thought they could get extremely cruel with each other. There have been 2-3 times where these fights have caused me panic attacks, and recently they had two major fights that caused extreme mental damage on me. There were threats, insults, emotional damage, and breaking objects. I got so worried I gathered multiple items in my room to use as protection incase I needed to go downstairs in interfere (reminder both fights were at night while I was trying to sleep, both in school nights). They have since apologized to each other but i feel so uncomfortable when they are around one another. Every time I’m attempting to sleep, if they turn on a show with adult having conversations, especially a woman and a man arguing, I begin to tremble. I’m not going to go into details with the “brothers smoking cannabis” but I have someone in my life who does this I consider myself close to. I never get a good sleep because of the fighting, because I now expect them to fight at that time of the night. Honestly wish I could have just grown up a bit happier because it’s beginning to affect my grades in school, which my mother would be upset about.
I'm really sorry that you had to go through all that.😔 My condolences to you. I hope you're doing well now.🙏🏻
Only ppl who read that whole thing are going to heaven. I hope you feel better, because things will someday.
I hope you the best, Im really sorry that all happened to you
I hope you feel better
I’m so sorry for you ☹
“One day they’ll see what goes on in the kitchen” Mc Donald’s: wait wha-
Lol
XD
@@majorazul2.035 Xddddddd
Lmaooo
Lmaooo
When a song becomes your reality....
Same
Same here
Same
More like.. when your reality becomes a song...
@@dezmundmichael316 yesssss
I love how almost all her songs have that pause when it’s almost at the end and then that intense background music when it’s done with the vocals.❤ Melanie is the queen!
ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HER SINGING THE OPPOSITE NOTES IN THE BACKGROUND ABSOLUTE GOLD
When ur family care about whar people think more than they care about u
GUNS
Fr. It’s always “that makes US look bad!” And they don’t even care to ask why or how you are..
Yep. Feel that.
literally. my family are my biggest bullies.
This is so relatable though..
no way this song kinda describes my life. no one thinks im perfect but they think ive got a normal happy wonderful life. they havent seen thru the curtains yet
This is true😔 my parents think more about what others think😟😟😟.will u please be my friend?
y’all have curtains??😦
@@pagdhsnsb maybe?
I feel you people thinks my parents are 100% nice but I have a parent who is transphobic
Ye
“Your so lucky your family is so nice and your mom is the sweetest ever” “Your blinded by her jewelry “ “Everyone thinks that we are perfect “ “ I see things that nobody else sees”
“Wear you dress.” “Throw on your pearls.” “Sit with the girls.” “Don’t act like the boys.” “Be straight.” “Don’t question who you are.” “Be like .” Anyone else feel like they’ve been told this over and over again, even without words?
Me
Yes... I'm a girl who doesn't like dresses and my mom keeps saying that I have to dress and behave like a girl. But I prefer jeans and sneakers, not sandals.
@@xyzmuya aw I'm sorry about that. I support you tho! :)
@@xyzmuya same
@@xxkissingrazors Thanks for the support ^^
MY BIGGEST FLEX IS I CAN PLAY THIS WITH HIGH VOLUME INFRONT OF MY FAMILY LOL
Same
Same cause they don't understand English lololol
hyunjin!
@@ayeshaahmed5256 I MISS HYUNJIN SO MUCH
@@Angel-ge5dz uhmm what happened to him?
2yrs later and still listening to this? 👇🏿
Nah 3years later
This song hits different when you have both of you parents still married and people think yall have the perfect family when in reality our family is falling apart.
Honestly i feel like it'd be more simple if they just divorced instead of still being married
" when you turn your back, she pulls out a flask" Todoroki: *confused screaming*
Lmao
MONEY
we have the same pfp lmaooo
I like the acc name😂
Bilqis Mutiarasari thanks
Without music life would be a mistake ❤️
Hm❤️
True
100% agreed
@good vibes Uuruuxjfj7=477{●
I agree so hard
This song really helped me through a breakdown. It sucks that everyone's always saying, "Your parents are perfect," "You're so lucky," "Think of the kids with abusive parents," but they don't know them like I do. Sometimes our parents can hurt us so much without even trying. Especially when they shelter you for so long that when they can't anymore, reality hits you like a truck.
MELANIE HOW DO YOU ALWAYS SLAY IN EVERYTHING??
You may say that to the real Melanie
i used to love this song because i thought it was about creepy dolls, now i understand the true meaning and i love it even more.
Same
Literally SAME
Did you not have ears?😭
@@ZennyOFFICIAL_they were probably very young...
@@ZennyOFFICIAL_ they were prob young :/
"Hey girl, open the walls" "Play with your dolls" "We'll be a perfect family" "When you walk away is when we really play"
"You don't hear me when I say" "Mom, please wake up" "Dad's with a slut" "And your son is smoking cannnabis"
"No one never listens" "This wallpaper glistens" "Don't let them see" "What goes down in the kitchen"
“Places, Places”. “Get in your place”. “Throw on your dress”. “And put on your doll faces”.
"Everyone" "Thinks that we're perfect" "Please don't let" "Them look through the curtains"
D-o-l-l-h-o-u-s-e I see things that nobody else sees D-o-l-l-h-o-u-s-e I see things that nobody else sees
Hits different when you relate to each and every lyric of this songs
¨i see things that nobody else sees¨ same girl same
“ everyone thinks that we’re ‘PeRfEcT’, please don’t let them look through the curtains “ HITS HARD
EXACTLY
For real At this point its wild how much one can relate to this song
FR
YEEEEES
Frrrrrrtr
"Have children." "Get married." "You just need to find someone you love. You'll change your mind when you're older." "Be the rolemodel." "Be the older sibling. Be responsible." "Cook, clean, you're the girl, after all."
This is what my father told me everyday
@@sabinayesmin7466 even my mom
Same 😩😩
Ok this Comment is litteraly Me especially that last one
😔
My life was exactly like this for 5 years. Me and my mom/sisters finally moved out of that situation. Now we are happy and are finally free. Sometimes I go back to this song and it makes me think about it. I’m just so relieved.
I feel bad for anyone who's actually going through this ❤️
Thank you❤️
Hits different when the song isn't just a song, it's your life.
💯 agree
Agree♾️
agree💯
Yes
It is my life that's why I hear this song 💔💔😔😔
“What family? I’ve never had a family, I just live in a big house with a bunch of strangers I don’t even like. There’s no such thing as a family.” - Loneliness in Kira Mahou Shoujo
Same
Tell that to Dom loretto
@@brandycestou9751 he's crying
My OC said something similar "I live with my Dad and this random alcoholic woman. My dad also has a brother who spits constant bullshit. Also, I happen to share parents with a drug addict."
@@brandycestou9751 BRO 💀
"D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E, I see things that nobody else sees" ...😕
As a person with a seemingly perfect family this hits hard I come from a broken family and my mom was abused but no one said a thing until she spoke up As young as 4 years old I would heat them fight and I would have to comfort my brother Thins song makes me cry
same story.
😭 sad experience for a child. I hope you got over it.
“When you turn your back she pulls out a flask” Mad eye: Damn you ferret
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
i dont get this joke, someone explain because i think its a literal harry potter reference
@@blitz_lol in book/movie number 4, a man named crouch jr used the poly juice potion to pretend to be mad eye moody. He kept the potion in the flask
@@l0vely_ayah oh, so i was right, thanks!
this whole song just hits hard. our family is broken because of our mom, and the whole neighbourhood thinks she's the victim. they're always encouraging me to go back to her because they have no idea what caused the family to break anyways. lmao i didn't realize what people actually thought of us until i heard "everyone thinks that we're perfect, please don't let them look through the curtains"
I’m so sorry
Poor you😢😢🥺🥺🥺im so sorry for you😭😭😭😭🥺😭😭😭😭
My mom is like that to she likes pity party but no one else see it
This is the same way my life is, so I can relate to your story on a personal level. Things will eventually get better.
i relate to this too much
I like the line 'I see things that nobody else sees'. It reminds me of how I can figure someone out much more easily compared to other ppl, and although I'm rarely believed I'm yet to have been wrong about someone's nature.
boi you ain't no mind reader
Hits even more harder when you can relate so much. I hear his song over and over again for how much I can relate to it. My friends always say wow your mom and dad doesn't care how much you do in studies, you have no pressure but little do they know what actually happens in our house and why my parents can't look at my studies. I have gone through alot lately but right now the situation Is better but this song still is in my heart and I would never forget this song along with those situations that I also won't ever ever forget. I hope none of you are or went through any of this.
“I see things that nobody else sees” gives the chills
It means she sees her supposedly perfect family as they truly are, crumbling to bits. But no one else sees that, as said in the line “everyone thinks that we’re perfect, please don’t let them look through the curtains”
Same
Chills...
This song is describing my life.
@@may_the_mouse That's so smart!
all I have to say is, ur stunning
Sure
So you are a doll, your brother smokes illegal drugs, your dad is sneaking women in his room whilr your mum knows and drinks alcohol to cope with it, and you are forced to wear a dress and sit pretty infront of a girl 10x your size who plays with you?
@@bri-ra6705 Don't take things so literally, it's when your family has issues but looks perfect to everyone on the outside
A few years ago my life was actually like this. I had a younger step brother (3 years younger) A step mother And I still have my mum and my dad but the step family are out of our lives now. My dad is an alcoholic but my step mum who we will call E wasn't supportive of him being sober. Instead of supporting, she would pressure him which doesn't help. He always said he can be around alcohol but she would pressure him into drinking 0% alcohol beers, then into 0.1%, you get the picture and would blame him after he ends up drinking again. Usually, they would have their fights in the kitchen My step brother wasn't good either, he would hit me and I couldn't do anything back because "he's an angel! Stop lying" and said some weird remarks like every girl wanting him and abt marrying me and stuff after even after I told him he was being weird and to stop. Also right, after I was locked in my room for God knows what, probably some fight I had with my step brother E told me I have to help her raise my step brother, I was 9-10! My mental health plummeted, and I was told to "at least pretend like you're happy, don't be selfish" So you know, put on your doll faces. From the outside, my friends thought my life was great, easy going parents, good test scores and a "funny brother" Thanks for listening to my ranting
Oh lord, I hope you're out of that hell hole now. If you aren't, I'll pray you get out of this soon
@@yellowjun127 I forgot I even posted this! Yes, my step mother left my dad around 2 years ago, thank you for listening to me
Few while I dead..... 😮😮😮
I just love this song for every single reason, the lyrics, the song itself and everything, I just love it
My family: She's a sweet angel! My headphones: *R U SURE ABOUT THAT* EDIT** what the helll I just came back to see this comment and I’m first🤣
My headphones : BOY, DONT CALL ME ANGEL
@@cherry_coke. ahm continuing My headphones: you ain't got it right dont call me angel
My meme self understood this
XDDD
Same
*"I see things that nobody else sees.."* Damn, that just hit hard...
Indeed
😑
Ikr
Not even my brothers have seen what I've seen. Been silenced by my family of origin. Even cut off of my inheritance to keep me silenced.
Why is this song so good
This song described my childhood for real, i have always loved it and will continue to love it.
0:40 that fits so perfectly with shotos childhood trama
Yeah..
@Shoto Todoroki shit
@Shoto Todoroki uh oh
HAHAHA I SHOULDNT BE LAUGHING
Dream: *kettle noises* Todoroki: *scared*
"everyone thinks that we’re perfect , please dont let them look through the curtains" the reason my parents won't let me get the therapy i need.
Cap
yo my mum wont either even sadder im bi but my mum doesnt support :(
@@cienna167 Damn I feel bad for you bad everything will be fine okay? You can make it. I believe in you and support you 🏳️🌈
Obsessed with this song bruhhhhh
This song is my life
This song is literally my whole life
u ok ?
Sure
@@anastasiam2322 ?
Same
This kinda gives me goosebumps-
The first ever song by her that I listened to and became one of my favourites to then learn it’s about dysfunctional families and realising why I liked it so much is that I related to my life.
Whenever I hear the line "no one ever listens", I immediately think about how my family is.. 😔 - Tori Bolding
Hope you are getting better 😌
@@mayab3080 thanks 😔🙏🏽💗
Tori Vega sorry I had to 🙁
Same
As a child, I didn't get this song until now..
same
It actually means that not everyone have a perfect family and that what others see isnt what you see inside your house soo its like a traumatic childhood and yeah
@Emely urbina 25 basically everyone thinks they got it good (decent to good money, that’s why the mom has jewelry) and they also put on a fake persona like they’re a loving family for people, but people dont really know whats going on. The father’s cheating, the mother’s an alcoholic because of that, the son smokes weed, etc.
Same
OMG SAME I listened to it when I was six and then I realised what if I searched it up! I on,y had cd and it broke
This song reminds me of social pedagogy where i study about society problems like: selfharm, smoking, drugs, bullying, drinking alcohol and so more... Now were learning about types of families and one type is reminding me of this song. Cuz it's literally same situation in reality like Melanie sings about it.
I was listening to this song when I got an email from a someone I had some awful experiences with. The song seemed to slow down as I was reading.
Okay but the chorus really is amazing. The repeated vocal melody really has so much vocal emotion and fits the song really well. The acoustic bass line in the background sounds SO GOOD…
You could of just said "Melanies songs bang!"
I don’t relate to this song at all but I love it.
@@bri-ra6705 Damn, sorry I like to analyze music because I have an ear for detail :(
Hello actually I was planning to perform this song for my youth festival in school and that word s**t I do not want to sing anyone know what can I sing other than that?? Please reply if you have any ideas thank you!!❤
@@Tanyplays if you’re singing for a youth festival maybe you should stray away from Melanie Martinez in the first place
She is a literal poet, it’s so beautiful and heartbreaking
This song is so beautiful
the way this is so relatable with my life hurts
I loved this song 3 years ago when no one knew my dad was molesting me, but it gets better. He's in jail and I'm now happily married with 1 son and another baby due in May. ❤️ So anyone having a hard time be brave. Speak up, it will get better.
I'm really sorry you have to gone through something like this but I'm happy for you that you are living a good life now..i wish more happiness come to you life ❤❤.
Ok sorry but I laughed at maybe son i geuss on your pfp lol he looks so cute 😂
Im rly sorry but congrats on the baby
Congrats 👏 on the baby
Congrats on the kid!!
This song basically describes my trauma in perfect detail. My family was known for being the most beautiful, wealthy family in our community. We founded schools, built charities, raised neighborhoods up from the ground, basically built our city. Our picture was always in local magazines and news papers. Everyone thought we where so beautiful and happy and perfect. If only they could see past elegant balls, plastic surgery, luxury cars, and money. Maybe then light would be shown on our family.
I’m sorry
That’s all I have to say
damn hope u okay
Damn y’all billionaires or something?! Also, You could?
@@HensChickens69 I could what?
love the vibes!!!!
Hits different when it is your life
Yuh
This song deserves more respect For anybody who doesn't understand the song its a song that's saying don't assume somebody life is perfect. They may end up not being a "perfect" family.
This song just makes me reminds everything about my family
Wow...
I'm sorry for this :/..
I kind of like this song but gives me chills at the same time
"picture picture smile for the picture" "socially anxiety kicks in" 💀
This gives me Coraline vibes. The beginning makes me think of a girl who lives in a messed-up family, so she literally creates a whole new world for herself in her dollhouse to help her cope. She basically lives with the dolls in her mind, her "other family" like Coraline. They are sweet and caring. But as she gets older, she becomes corrupted and so does her play. In time, the family that she wanted to be sweet and nice in the dollhouse turn evil. She doesn't want that, so she kills them and is horrified at what she has done. Instead of protecting that little family in the dollhouse, she corrupts them. That got dark really fast.
@@f.khatun006 Yes, I am aware of the Coraline plot. I have the book, wrote a review on it, watched the movie, and know the soundtrack. Edit: I should have been more clear. The song reminds me of Coraline; but the storyline I made up which I wrote above is based on the song.
@@f.khatun006 Yes, I was obsessed with the whole idea. I couldn't get enough of the fan-made videos and theories, too. A very good story. I suggest reading the book, as well. 👍
@@f.khatun006 Lol! I watched the movie, then read the book because I loved the movie so much. In between, I watched several fan-based videos on theories of the story, and made up a few of my own. That story lives rent-free in my head now.
I love this
I love that film with the ladies with the buttons eyes and everything perfect in that world buts it all fake
“Don’t let them see what goes on in the kitchen.” “One day they’ll see what goes down in The kitchen.”
Love this😊❤
I no this song is not new but it's still one of my favorite songs by Melanie Martinez
Never listened to a song so relatable in a depressing traumatic way and yet smile through the whole thing as if I had the best day ever. A grin or smirk so big it was the signature of the face, making me look like a whole new person.
u just described my whole life....
@@ronyaacevedo578hope it gets better :(
@@-messenja-9347comment no viral💀
for the first half of my childhood I was taught to always care about how other people viewed me and to not let other people know our family "problems" but then later on lots of those "problems" came out from the dark and it all led to the family tearing apart and me along with my mom being homeless for 6 years. I feel like those 6 years really humbled me and let me open my eyes to alot of things but this song reminds me about how fucking intolerable my whole fucking family was.
❤️
this sobg explains the kardashians
who
I hope you're doing well
I m so sorry
This song reminds me of Quinn from Glee, and Macey Mchenry in thr Gallagher Girls books. Also, my heart goes out to everyone experiencing family situations like this. 💔🥺
This is the best song
Music heals pain ...the path you choose
Everyone: this fam is full of angels! Me listening to this song and liking it: *and I took that personally*
When the calm vibe became run for your life vibe💀:
People who is a big fan of Melanie Martinez and listens to her everyday ⬇️
This song is relatable :'). Everyone loves my mom and thinks she's such an amazing person. They think that they're so lucky to have a friend like her. People meet her and love her, thinking she's so great. One of her friends even got emotional about her. If only they knew the abuse she put me through, then they wouldn't love her so much.
I know right that's the same thing with my mom
Bro do u wanna talk??? No one can understand you better then me cuz I'm being abused by my mom ever since I was 3.
@@whereisjungkook9763 it's ok but ty :).
@@khadeejawaleed7733 its ok but tysm for the offer!
Comments here always makes me feel extremely lucky that I have a loving family. Stay strong and happy and hopefully one day you'll be able to move out of the house!
The nostalgia this song brings is massive.
I love this song is so good!
You're my favorite I love your song I watch like everyone but this one is my favorite I like love you so much it's like my thank you for you doing the song hopefully you hit 10 million❤❤❤❤❤
TW: mentions emotional abuse This really sums up my family about five years ago. I was one of the only people in my class to have a “perfect” family (lived in a nice suburban neighborhood, parents were together, etc). What people didn’t see was my parents fighting all the time and my father emotionally abusing/manipulating us while having a secret affair. We’re out of that situation now but it’s crazy scary how accurate this is
Perfect song
i love mel, her songs are so beautiful and has soluch meaning.
Honestly, I never expected this song to become my reality. I adored this song since a really young age, but I never knew what it meant. Now I feel like this explains my entire life
So what you're saying is you were a really young age in 2014 or more?
@@ayanokuchisaki859what im saying is that yes, i was young, not too young but i was also very innocent and didn't acknowledge the wrongs in the world and in my life
I love this song because so many families seem perfect but when you look inside of almost every family you’d see shocking things that you would never expect. Families are almost like little cults... you can’t leave and you’re basically sworn to secrecy about anything that’s not picture perfect that happens.
I love this song
Still obsessed with this song 😍
Me too
I feel like this is literally the perfect song for the Malfoy family
Yes
i think the blacks
Darkstalker
@@emilymay4111 oh yeah, the blacks are this.
@@Beulraeki woah moon whatcha doing here-
This is my life. My family cares more about what people think more than they care about me. They only act good when there's people looking at us,but in reality,they don't. They act perfect when it comes to doing stuff, they're not even. Trying to act like a perfect family and acting rich. They don't feel what we feel,they only know their selves. Literally my whole life as a teenager, probably.
My life as a 10 yr
@@Ariana0726 I'm so sorry
@@Ariana0726me too
My favorite song now
I relate to this amazing song! Melanie Martinez is the best artist I know.
0:38 this gives me the todoroki family vibes XD Imagine if they play this out loud in the house when endavour is at the kitchen confused XD
omgggg lmao help i pressed this song so i would get away from anime 😭😭😭😭😂😂
I’m the youngest in my family being 16. I really do think that I have a bad case of depression but not bad enough to injure myself! My personality has changed as well as my perspective on the world. I’m alone 24/7 7 days a week in my dark house. My big brother apparently works during the day and at night. When he isn’t at work he is apparently out with his friends skating but I think otherwise. When he closes shop at 10:00pm he will come home around 1:00 in the morning. Everything is weird now! When I try to tell my parents what is wrong with me and our family they blow me off. “No one ever listens”!
Same with the first part only difference is that I'm 12
I'm sorry to hear that, are u okay right now :(
Picture picture = 1:00
Please report this to someone you trust. Hope it gets better soon
I’m so sorry! I’m praying for you and your family.
Melanie Martinez, thank you so much for this song. The melody, the sound. Everything down to the lyrics, the meaning behind them and the spelling out of the song title is spot on and so perfectly written and well executed in its entirety. We may act like we’re perfect and that like our respected family situations are far better than others, but we would be kidding ourselves to think that we got it going on with a picture perfect life. What people see taken in the pictures - the pretty/presentable outfits, the smiles, happy mom/dad and sister/brother - are all not what they seem to be in the grand scheme of things. The brother has turned to drugs and will be prone to becoming obstinate. The sister has misgivings about her drunken mom being a pushover to her philandering, cheating adulterer of a father and is little by little broken up by the sight of her families wrongdoings. No one sees the ugly side since we make out that we’re perfect, we must dress nicely and put on our doll faces. Inside our dollhouses we see things that nobody until the day they look through the curtains. This is what I feel when I listen and think about this song. Melanie’s a genius.
I swear this song makes me cry every time 😭😭
*Everyone thinks that we're perfect Please don't let them look through the curtains* This my family on the outside we may look like a happy family but on the inside we are all fights and crying...
I can relate to this in someway. When I was 8 I was put into care and sent to live with a woman who was really respected in her community. She'd treat me really nice in public or when people were around, but would yell at me for small things and belittle me whenever we were alone. She also refused to believe people suggesting I was autistic, at one point saying if I was she would have gotten rid of me and left me to be homeless. She would also talk about my parents to guilt trip me, with phrases like "I can see why your parents treated you like they did, if you act like that" If I disagreed with something she said or, "you're just like your parents" if I made a mistake, even though she had never spoken to them. She led me to having suicidal thoughts for a while. I don't live with her now, and am definitely alot happier! sorry for venting
@Yes I am better! I live with a definitely nicer woman who lets me see my parents and treates me with respect.
I hope you're ok
I'm autistic.. and my sister was so surprised I listened to Melanie Martinez😅
Oh goodness that’s horrible! I’m glad you got a happier life now.
i used to love this song because i thought it was about playing doll house, now i understand the true meaning and i love it even more.