Dollhouse Lyrics
Melanie Martinez
Lyrics
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
No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen
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
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)
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
No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen
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
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)
Hey girl (Hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl)
Hey girl, open your walls
Play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family
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
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)
Song & Lyrics Facts
Melanie Martinez's "Dollhouse" is a pop song released on February 9, 2014. It was written by Melanie Martinez and Michael Keenan for her debut album Cry Baby (2015).
The track features production from Kinetics & One Love and instrumentation from members of the band The Struts. Lyrically, the song discusses themes of child abuse, neglect and domestic violence in an eerie nursery rhyme-style. In the chorus, Martinez sings: “Welcome to the dollhouse / Step inside, step inside / Take a look around / You can never leave”. The song has been praised for its dark, yet catchy sound and powerful lyrics that address difficult topics.