The House
Secrets Unveiled: Exploring Hidden Whispers in 'The House'
Lyrics
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Expression of surprise or realization
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Continuation of the surprised or realized emotion
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Further emphasis on surprise or realization
Who is in that house?
Rhetorical question asking about the occupants of a house
I opened the door to see
The narrator opens the door to find out who is inside
Who is up the stairs?
Question about who is upstairs in the house
I'm walking up foolishly
The narrator admits to walking upstairs foolishly
And at the end of the hall was a door
Description of reaching a door at the end of the hall
And I got pulled in by a sound
The narrator is drawn in by a sound
But I wish I'd never found
Regret over the discovery behind the door
In the privacy of your own room
Shift to the privacy of someone else's room
Where flowers in the wallpaper bloom
Imagery of flowers in the wallpaper blooming in the room
Where I just don't understand
Confusion or lack of understanding in that room
In the privacy of your room
Repetition of the theme of privacy in someone else's room
Look away now, look away now
Instruction to look away from the moon
At the moon
Continuation of the instruction to look away
Oh
Expression of surprise or realization
Is somebody watching me?
Question about being observed
You really shouldn't see
Admonition about seeing something one shouldn't
Why did you climb that last stair
Question about the reason for climbing the last stair
You found me unaware
Discovery of the narrator by someone else
What I'm doing now it's my own
The narrator emphasizes that their actions are personal
And I don't want it to be known
The desire for personal actions to remain unknown
And it has to just remain
Assertion that certain actions must remain private
In the privacy of my own room
Shift to the privacy of the narrator's own room
Where flowers in the wallpaper bloom
Imagery of flowers in the wallpaper blooming in the narrator's room
Where you just don't understand
Similar confusion or lack of understanding in the narrator's room
In the privacy of my room
Repetition of the theme of privacy in the narrator's room
Look away now, look away now
Instruction to look away from the moon
At the moon
Continuation of the instruction to look away
Puzzle me now with mystery clothes
Challenge to solve a mystery related to clothing
These apples I love, these apples I loath
Ambiguous feelings toward apples, both love and loathing
And always forgive the future to come
A plea to forgive the future for taking away sunlight
For stealing the light from the sun
Reflection on the impact of the future on the present
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Expression of surprise or realization
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