“Dollhouse” is about a family that appears to be perfect on the outside looking in, yet it’s far from it. It was later revealed that it serves as a prequel to “Sippy Cup,” in which we find out what goes down in the kitchen.

In “Dollhouse,” her mother is an alcoholic due to her husband’s infidelity, and the son is engulfed in the life of drugs. The daughter is the only one that sees the tragedy surrounding her.

However, “Dollhouse” has a different meaning to Melanie:

Personally, it’s about how everyone has their problem and you’re never gonna truly see them. There’s always gonna be a front to everything. You think that things are perfect, but everyone has shit that they go through.

This family is visualized as the dolls living inside of a playhouse that belongs to a little girl. Since the daughter knows the truth about her dysfunctional family, she narrates the song in an attempt to get the girl to understand her reality.

The story and illustration for this song appear on the fifth page of the Cry Baby storybook, reading:

And in her picture-perfect home
Momma’s drunk while daddy moans
Her brother always comes home stoned
She watches in her room alone