the house lyrics

​/ / / the house

ZIPPY
​say, your house is really coming along!

SADIE
​my house was this little split-level ranch house
​right on the lake;
​modeled precisely on my grandparent’s house
​in vermilion, ohio

​the house of my childhood summers

SADIE & ZIPPY
​the house of my childhood happiness

SADIE
​i was inspired by my aunt’s collection of photo albums—
​all labeled by year, swoon—
​filled with pictures of holidays and occasions at my ​grandparents’ house

​i would stay up for hours
​scouring the backgrounds

SADIE & ZIPPY
​looking for things i could recreate
​with the game’s customizable database:
SADIE, ZIPPY & SUSAN
​a black vase with liliеs on the side
​a wooden statuеtte of an old man with a knapsack
​a brass magnifying glass with a cowboy boot handle

SADIE
​i wanted to get everything just right
​a perfect digital replica
​i’ve always been pretty ocd—
​it used to drive jasmine crazy

SADIE, ZIPPY & SUSAN
​see there’s this clicking in my head
​when certain things line up
​when like is put with like
​and there is order