Upstairs Downstairs
Nightmares and Revelations: Doghouse Rose's Upstairs Downstairs Meaning
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Don't know if you're hearing voices
Uncertainty about whether someone is experiencing auditory hallucinations.
Witness what's not there to see
Observing things that are not visibly present.
Deregulation medication
Reference to the impact of deregulation and medication, possibly on mental state.
At four in the morning
Describing a specific time (four in the morning).
When my doorbell rings
Unexpected interruption indicated by the doorbell ringing.
It's mean to say but I don't care
Admitting indifference and lack of concern despite a potentially mean reaction.
Standing in my underwear
Illustrating a casual or unguarded moment, standing in underwear.
shut the door Im going back to sleep
Expressing a desire for privacy and a return to sleep.
Leave me alone
Requesting to be left alone.
Just stay far away from me
Emphasizing the need for distance.
Pretending you're my friend
Highlighting insincerity in a pretended friendship.
When I have something that you need
Addressing opportunistic behavior when someone wants something.
Leave me alone
Reiterating the desire to be left alone.
And I'll do the same to you
Mutual agreement to maintain distance and disengage.
Forget you ever heard my name
Suggesting a wish for anonymity and forgetting.
And I'll forget you too
Reciprocal forgetting to move on from each other.
I don't know what world you live in
Expressing a lack of understanding about someone else's perspective or reality.
Delusional the whole day through
Characterizing a persistent state of delusion throughout the day.
Unforgiven and uncool when
Being unforgiven and uncool when faced with a child's rejection.
Your kid screams
Describing a moment of distress when a child declares being done with the person.
He's done with you
Agreeing with the child's sentiment despite its potential meanness.
It's mean to say but I agree
Reiterating agreement with a potentially mean thought while observing the situation.
listening so happily
Noting happiness in witnessing someone getting what they deserve.
Nice to see you get what you deserve
Expressing satisfaction or justice in seeing someone receive appropriate consequences.
If I ever change my mind
Speculating about a hypothetical change of mind towards ignorance.
Become stupid deaf and blind
Humorous expression of extreme ignorance if a change of mind occurs.
When I die may dogs shit on my
A morbid, darkly humorous reflection on one's death and a wish for disrespect.
grave
A continuation of the dark humor, expressing indifference to post-mortem treatment.
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