This House
Navigating Love's Evolution: Japanese Breakfast's 'This House' Reflections
Lyrics
This house is full of women
This house is occupied by women.
Playing guitar, cooking breakfast
These women are engaged in activities like playing guitar and cooking breakfast.
Sharing trauma, doing dishes
They share their traumas and also handle household chores like doing dishes.
And where are you?
The singer wonders about your whereabouts.
What if one day I don't know you?
The singer contemplates the possibility of not recognizing you one day.
What if one day you leave
The singer questions the possibility of you leaving one day.
And all confused desire and timezone changes
Confused desires and changes in time zones may impact what remains of the relationship.
Change what's left of you and me?
The singer reflects on whether these changes will affect the connection between you and them.
Maybe it's all the drinks you're buying
The singer suggests that the drinks you buy might influence their feelings, making them feel like a child.
I was feeling like a kid
The singer recalls feeling like a child while waiting for you during your graveyard shift.
Spying on the hidden porn store cameras
Mention of spying on hidden cameras in a porn store, possibly reflecting on secretive or hidden aspects of the relationship.
Waiting on your graveyard shift
The singer reminisces about waiting for you during your night shift.
And now you're out in California
You are now in California, fulfilling a promise made by you in the past.
Just like you always said you'd be
The singer questions if you ever truly loved someone there.
And did you ever even love her?
Asks whether the love was genuine or merely based on companionship and timing.
Or was it rooted in companionship and timing?
Well, I'm not the one I was then
The singer's life was challenging, but they attribute survival to the timing of companionship.
My life was folded up in half
Life was folded or difficult in half, but companionship during tough times helped in surviving the year.
I guess I owe it to the timing of companions
Survival is attributed to the timing and presence of companions in the singer's life.
I survived the year at all, at all, at all
The singer expresses gratitude for surviving the year despite challenges.
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