The Big House

Album: Freshman Year

Released: August 20th, 2005

Re-released: September 4th, 2020

Written & produced by: Frances Quinlan

Lyrics

Oh, two kids in a bathtub
He's bearding her chin with bubbles
Perfect picture, holiday blanket
And tomorrow is katydids and cocktail swords
You know you were probably raised all wrong, yeah
But we love each other regardless
And one has A.D.D. and the other one is dead
But both knowing well they'll go to hell
Two kids kill each other and kiss at the end

And we swear by the rest at our trampoline
That we saw detachable wings at the crime scene
Out in the corn field, where they threw themselves down
Their sense of the sin
They told no one, no one

Oh, I promise it'll be lovely
We'll get the big house
Buy you that dog you always wanted
It's just lately, daughter, I've been tired
And if you love me
You'll pack up all your shit and get in, well

Everyone, everyone, everyone, they've gone
Down again, down again, down again, oh, oh, oh

She says, "I love you, I love you, I love you"
She said, "I love you, I love you, I love you"
He said, "I love you too, oh, how I have loved you"
She said "I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you, I need you, I need you"
He said, "I need you too, oh darling, how I needed you"

She said, "Let's get married, let's get married, let's get married
Let's get married, let's get married, let's get married
I wanna marry you"
She said, "I don't want to marry you"
She said, "I hate you I hate you I hate you
I hate you, I hate you!
Oh, wait, no, I could never hate you"
She said, "I'm just kidding, I still love you"

Grandad said, "I don't much understand what the kids are saying these days
But it sounds really pretty anyway"
Oh, let them stay, don't move away, oh no!

Though I promise, you're gonna fucking love it
The air is clean and the water is clear
Oh my God dear, how I've needed this
So make like your mother and run
You're gonna run
You're gonna run

Everyone, everyone, everyone, they've gone
Down again, down again, down again, ah, um