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Rhythm 9.5
Melody 9.6
Instruments 9.4
Lyrics 9.6
Vocal 9.4
This song has been reviewed 141 times. Overall score for this song, 9.5.
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video submitted by Rachael on 12-11-2007
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Vanessa Carlton - White Houses Lyrics

Song details
TitleWhite Houses
ArtistVanessa Carlton
AlbumHarmonium (2004) , Track 1
GenrePop, Rock
Rank4,190 (+721) history
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Song lyrics
Crashed on the floor when I moved in 
This little bungalow 
With some strange new friends
Stayed up too late, and I'm too thin 
We promised each other it's 'til the end

Now we're spinning empty bottles 
It's the five of us
With pretty-eyed boys girls die to trust
I can't resist the day 
No, I can't resist the day 

Jenny screams out and it's no pose 
'Cause when she dances she goes and goes
Beer through the nose on an inside joke 
And I'm so excited I haven't spoken 

And she's so pretty
And she's so sure
Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her
Summer's all in bloom 
Summer is ending soon 

It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone
But I hold on to our secrets in white houses 

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head
I come undone at the things he's said 
And he's so funny in his bright red shirt
We were all in love and we all got hurt

I sneaked into his car's cracked leather seat 
The smell of gasoline in the summer heat 
Boy, we're going way too fast 
It's all too sweet to last 

It's alright and I put myself in his hands
But I hold on to our secrets in white houses

Love or something ignites in my veins 
And I pray it never fades in white houses 

My first time
Hard to explain
Rush of blood
Oh
And a little bit of pain

On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think
He's my first mistake 

Maybe you were all faster than me
We gave each other up so easily 
These silly little wounds will never mend
I feel so far from where I've been 

So I go and I will not be back here again
I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses 

I lie
Wrote my injuries all in the dust 
In my heart is the five of us in white houses 

And you
Maybe you'll remember me
What I gave is yours to keep in white houses 
In white houses 
In white houses
lyrics submitted by Megan
lyrics corrected by Lisa on 03-08-2009




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29-11-2004 13:27Stari_Blue_Eyes is offline Stari_Blue_Eyes 

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This is so pretty, so differant and (for an american) so contraversial! she seems to have hit puberty and grown up! lol, bow dow to the woman, shes brave!
29-11-2004 13:30Roxy_Ryan is offline Roxy_Ryan 


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05-12-2004 08:56Big_Seth is offline Big_Seth 

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amazing song. everything about it. absolutely wonderful.
05-12-2004 12:07OldSkoolAzn is offline OldSkoolAzn 

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If anyone knew any backround information about Carlton, you would know that she was accepted into the School for American Ballet at age 14, where she studied. She is a professional ballet dancer in her spare time. She also lived away from home when she studied there, she lived on campus in a dorm. So that may have something to do with the White Houses.
05-12-2004 23:47briel10 is offline briel10 

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[b]this is a cute song * love it!
08-12-2004 21:40_collette_ is offline _collette_ 

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awesome song!! =)
09-12-2004 00:09whi is offline whi 

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very cute song, its a keeper
09-12-2004 00:12Mafachu is offline Mafachu 

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Vanessa's got something original here.
11-12-2004 05:19IloveCarrabba is offline IloveCarrabba 

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i like it.
11-12-2004 07:35SweetSare is offline SweetSare 

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hey i really like this song!! its pretty cool
12-12-2004 00:42zgirl91 is offline zgirl91 

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best song ever!!!!! i have totally memorized all the words, and its the only song i'm not afraid to sing in front of people, cuz i can sing it good!!!
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!! standing ovation for vanessa carlotn for this kick-ass song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13-12-2004 21:55lindseygirl620 is offline lindseygirl620 

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sweeeeeet! and totally fun to sing!
16-12-2004 09:07jan1986 is offline jan1986 

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very dancable her video...................
17-12-2004 17:52baby_gurl_4life is offline baby_gurl_4life 

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OK this is like one of her best ones wait it is her best one. I can so relate to what shes saying iin it about her frist time and stuff eapcet i'm still with the guy and have been for the last 2 years and were only in grade 10 now talk about a mircale but i love him and he was my first and my only and i mean this song is great who eveer dosn'e tlike it is just plain old stupid like ocme on what girl can't relate to this song i sure no me and my twin sister can and just about all are friends can and i mean my sis gose through summer relationships all the time and she onyl remebers the good things and if me and my guy ever break u we will only remeber the good things to cuz there hasn't been very many bad things so thank you VC for putting this song otu there its a freat song ofr all us girls to listen to even if they are still a virgian.
20-12-2004 22:25Jess333 is offline Jess333 

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I love this song!!!!
21-12-2004 06:41PuertoRican_15 is offline PuertoRican_15 

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It's very lose my virginity-ish I like the song though.
29-12-2004 00:08punkypineapple is offline punkypineapple 

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i would disagree thats its very loose my virginityish (nice word though...) because its really only the one verse and other part that deal with that aspect of the song, the rest is really about her friends and her experience with them.
this song is amazing Its one of the very few things i can play on piano! if your just starting i would recommend this! one day i will play this and sing infront of people...or so i say..hehe
anyhoo great song! go vanessa! you rock!
love and pie
punkypineapple
01-01-2005 20:33yunvc is offline yunvc 

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hey people fans
this song is the best ever. vanessa arlton was tryin to send a message to us or tryin to tell us about her life.......but i love this song just listen to the song and u will undertsand im sure most of yall noe dat by now

-skyler-
03-01-2005 02:21RelientK_rOx is offline RelientK_rOx 

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man...i love this song. i just watched the video on www.mtv.com and the dancing was amazing. but i dont get one part of the song:

Jenny screams out and it's no pose
'Cause when she dances she goes and goes
Beer through the nose on an inside joke


anybody know what that is about? yes i am sheltered...haha...

<3 chelsea

PS this is an awesome song! go VC!
05-01-2005 09:17young44 is offline young44 

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I have passed on Vanessa Carlton many times since she is not covered as much here as in the States. But I had the luck to catch her White Houses video and loved it.

I like this part:
"And you, maybe you'll remember me
What I gave is yours to keep"

I believe she was talking to the boy she gave herself to. She wanted to make sure that even though she believed it was a mistake, that doesn't mean she wished it didn't happen, she realized this is part of life now that she is more mature.

I also like this part:
"I feel so far from where I've been"

I believe she means that she can sing/tell this chapter of her life because she has grown up and realized that that was part of growing up.

And about the controversial:
"Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain"

I think people assume the worse, I believe the "rush of blood" could also mean the rush of blood to your face, If anyone is old enough, they would know that after you have sex, your face is always flustered and red, It's the rush of blood to your face.

Anyways, just wanted to point out another view of that line. I really like this song and I'm glad the music video got me to give Vanessa Carlton a chance.

PS: I believe the "White Houses" is the cabins in summer camp. I know people don't want to think about this but it happens all the time, through my own(boy) experience and my friend's(girl) experience, we grow up fast these days. Sorry if anyone's precieved notion of summer camp is shattered.
05-01-2005 09:54shobe08 is offline shobe08 

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i juz love this song....
06-01-2005 23:22OiToThEpUnKs is offline OiToThEpUnKs 

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I love this song. Vanessa Carlton is bloody amazing. I really like her new album. This song is one of my favorites, only behind Half a week before the winter and Wanted.
09-01-2005 23:51audio508 is offline audio508 

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Is it really that hard to figure out that it's about her losing her virginity? Good song though.
15-01-2005 01:13tarun is offline tarun 

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FuK this song sux so much fuck all of vc's song pop muzic sux!!!



Fuck VC as a crew
if u down wif her then fuck you 2
15-01-2005 01:15Friend_Jones55 is offline Friend_Jones55 


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tarun if you keep that up they are gonna ban you

but anyways I like the song the girl can really dance in the video.

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