Dollhouse

"Dollhouse" is Melanie Martinez's official debut single. The music video was released on February 9, 2014, and the song was made available for digital download the day after on February 10, 2014. It is the opening track of the 4 track EP Dollhouse, and is also featured as the second track on Melanie's debut album, Cry Baby (2015). Dollhouse is about a family that appears to be perfect on the outside looking in, yet it's far from it. A girl's family is visualized as the dolls living inside of a dollhouse that belongs to a little girl. This song has another meaning: how people view celebrities. In an interview, Melanie said, "People put them in glass boxes and think they are perfect and when something happens that shows when they are humans, people don't like that."

[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 1] 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 2] 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