Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse Meaning

Dollhouse 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...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 2nd 2018 !⃝

   I honestly think ‘dollhouse’ means that even though people may act perfect, down inside they’re dying or are completely imperfect.
   Another meaning could be that she is trying to make a song relevant to everyday families. Many aren’t perfect, but if they seem like they are, that you need to look down deeper in a person or some people.
2. anonymous

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   Jun 28th 2018 !⃝

   i think dollhouse really talks about hidden secrets in ourselves i mean no one is really perfect but people really dont look hard enough to see we all are behind closedoors or behind a mask doing things that one day will come to the light and we will regret it.
3. anonymous

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   Jun 19th 2018 !⃝

   So basically what I think is that is explaining her problems at home, like her mom being an alcoholic because dad is cheating on her. But to everyone else on the "outside" they get along perfectly and are a well behaved family. Which is the basic of the song.
4. anonymous

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   Jun 14th 2018 !⃝

   so basically crybaby is about how crybaby's emotional and how no one understands her so they make fun of and call her names. dollhouse describes why she's so emotional and what that thing is about her that's no one understands. they make fun of her because they think she's perfect and just a crybaby. she tells us that she is in fact not perfect.
5. anonymous

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   Jun 1st 2018 !⃝

   I think this song is about mental illness. “Everyone thinks that we’re perfect, please don’t let them look through the curtains” means that’s she’s trying to be normal on the outside but on the inside she’s falling apart. Her dads a cheater, her mums an alcoholic, and her brothers a stoner. She’s just trying to get through this but she doesn’t want people to know so she puts on an act of perfect. “Everyone thinks that we’re perfect” She’s putting on the perfect doll act to get through her sad and broken life.
6. anonymous

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   May 24th 2018 !⃝

   She needs that, she raped tim..

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
7. anonymous

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   May 24th 2018 !⃝

   If you look at crybaby at bit more, you'll see why her dad cheats, her mom drinks, and her brother is a stoner.
   EXAMINE ALL THE SONGS
8. anonymous

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   Mar 4th 2018 !⃝

   there's a lot question in my mind in this song specially the line "Don't Let Them See What Goes Down The Kitchen" part..seriously it's creepy..and i'm thingking 'maybe it's gory down the kitchen or maybe no'
9. anonymous

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   Jan 22nd 2018 !⃝

   I think that the song talks about how your family will act all spotless of problems and flaws around everyone else in life, while in the real world or the Dollhouse (Your own home), they act terrible. Cry Baby just wants a better family. As you look at the videos of the other songs in the Cry Baby album and listen to the music, you start to see that the way she acts is more because of her 'Picture perfect' family.
10. anonymous

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    Jan 18th 2018 !⃝

    This song is about the face you put on for the world versus your true colors. The little girl represents the outside world. When the little girl comes up to play with them, they have to assume their plastic form, and pretend to be the perfect dolls the girl expects them to be. In reality, when the little girl (society) is looking away, everyone in this perfect family reveals their flaws. The mother is an alcoholic, the dad is unfaithful, and the son smokes cannabis. Then, there’s cry baby. She wants the perfect family so badly, but can’t seem to pull everyone to together. For instance, “mom, please wake up, dads with a slut, and your son is smoking cannabis” cry baby wants her dad to be faithful to mom, and for her brother to sober up, and thinks her mom can fix anything, somewhat oblivious to the fact that moms not sleeping, she’s passed out from all the alchohol. Sry for the long post
11. anonymous

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    Jan 1st 2018 !⃝

    I think it means you act like a perfect family outside of the house And around people but when your not around people you are totally different
12. anonymous

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    Jan 1st 2018 !⃝

    I think it means you act like a perfect family outside of the house And around people but when your not around people you are totally different
13. anonymous

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    Dec 26th 2017 !⃝

    I believe that this song is about a girl who tried to be perfect. The whole time her and her family put on a facade of being a beautiful, perfect family that doesn't have any problems, when in actuality, they have many. As for the part about opening her walls, I think that she's saying that you shouldn't hide who you are in order to be a perfect doll.
14. anonymous

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    Dec 18th 2017 !⃝

    No one can be perfect, ebven in the song it says "everyone thinks tnhat were perfect, please dont let them look through the curtins" meaning dont let them see inside of the house, its really a good song if you take the time to listen to it and it has a diffrent meaning for everyone
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    Nov 29th 2017 !⃝

    Each “perfect” family is just a mask that one wears. Reality wise, it’s a lie that was never true to begin with. Once someone is near is coming by, they put that mask on and act like a perfect innocent family.