21) I believe this means that Crybaby’s mother is good looking, wealthy and potentially looked up to, because she’s ‘got it going on.’ the next line is ‘Ha! You’re blinded by her jewlery” (L. 22) so, like everything else in her family, Crybaby’s mother is different then she seems. lines 23 and 24 go “When you turn your back, she pulls out a flask, and forgets his infidelity.” This continues the idea that the father is a cheater and the mother is using alcohol as an escape from the reality of her relationship. “”Uh-oh, she's coming to the attic. Plastic, go back to being plastic” (L. 25-26) mean that the girl is coming back to the attic, so the family must once again become the plastic ‘perfect family’, ready to be played with. The chorus repeats, followed by a repeat of lines one and two, and an encore of the chorus before the song ends. In conclusion, Melanie Martinez’s Dollhouse discusses a girl's view of her dysfunctional family and how we’re not all exactly how we seem. It is a song about a failing relationship, and how no matter how beautiful someone is, they almost always have some issue. Dollhouse uses the power of music to tell the story of a girl and her family, and it does a great job of it. I believe that Dollhouse is a great song, and that we could all learn that everyone has their own problems, we just need to look through the
21) I believe this means that Crybaby’s mother is good looking, wealthy and potentially looked up to, because she’s ‘got it going on.’ the next line is ‘Ha! You’re blinded by her jewlery” (L. 22) so, like everything else in her family, Crybaby’s mother is different then she seems. lines 23 and 24 go “When you turn your back, she pulls out a flask, and forgets his infidelity.” This continues the idea that the father is a cheater and the mother is using alcohol as an escape from the reality of her relationship. “”Uh-oh, she's coming to the attic. Plastic, go back to being plastic” (L. 25-26) mean that the girl is coming back to the attic, so the family must once again become the plastic ‘perfect family’, ready to be played with. The chorus repeats, followed by a repeat of lines one and two, and an encore of the chorus before the song ends. In conclusion, Melanie Martinez’s Dollhouse discusses a girl's view of her dysfunctional family and how we’re not all exactly how we seem. It is a song about a failing relationship, and how no matter how beautiful someone is, they almost always have some issue. Dollhouse uses the power of music to tell the story of a girl and her family, and it does a great job of it. I believe that Dollhouse is a great song, and that we could all learn that everyone has their own problems, we just need to look through the