DOLLHOUSES AND LEASHES

You found me in a dollhouse,

tucked behind the glass Painted all the windows so I'd never have

to ask Gave me little ribbons,

tied them in my hair Said,

“You'll never need to leave,

I've got everything in here”

Built me up a bedroom with a tiny little bed

Put a pretty mirror where I could check my head

Every little piece of me was placed where he could see He

called it being careful,

but it felt like ownership to me Lock the door,

pull the blinds Keep your little doll inside

Kiss my cheek, pull the string Tell me I'm your everything

I'm your dollhouse, I'm your leash Keep me somewhere you can reach

Dress me up and make me pretty Keep me close and keep

me with you I'm your dollhouse,

I'm your prize Put your little lies in my eyes Say you

love me, say I'm yours Then lock me behind another door

La-la, wind me up

La-la, that's enough

La-la, pull the string

La-la, I'm your thing You'd check my phone at breakfast,

count the names I knew

Tell me who was good for me and who I couldn't talk

to You'd call it being jealous,

call it being scared Then you'd buy me something pretty like you

hadn't done a thing I learned to keep my mouth shut when

you started getting mad Learned to smile for photographs and never make

you sad If I stepped outside the lines,

you'd pull me back inside Then tell me that you only did

it 'cause you loved me right

Lock the door, pull the blinds Keep your little doll inside Kiss

my cheek, pull the string Tell me I'm your everything

But dolls don't breathe behind the glass Dolls don't ask how long

this lasts Dolls don't dream of leaving town Dolls don't turn the

whole house down So I cut the ribbon from my wrist Found

the little key you thought I'd missed

Left your perfect little world behind And watched your dollhouse lose its

mind Not your dollhouse,

not your leash You don't get to keep a piece of me

Dress yourself up, call yourself pretty

I'm not staying in your little city

Not your dollhouse, not your prize

Take your little keys and all your lies You said you'd love

me

if I stayed So I loved myself and walked away

Wind me up, I won't obey Pull the leash,

I'll walk away Pretty little house of mine You can keep your

perfect life La-la-la, the curtains fall La-la-la,

I leave it all La-la-la,

I'm finally free No little doll is left of me La-la-la,

the curtains fall La-la-la,

I leave it all La-la-la,

I'm finally free No little doll is left of me