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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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05-07-2005 19:50Nancy_89 is offline Nancy_89 

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it is soo good i love it
06-07-2005 00:216Dollie6 is offline 6Dollie6 

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good song
06-07-2005 00:30Baby_bunny is offline Baby_bunny 

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annoying type of song
09-07-2005 01:04Missing710 is offline Missing710 

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If you don't think about the words, and just listen to the tunes, it sounds like a happy-go-lucky song. but its actually really freakin depressing!! and as for the:

My first time, hard to explain
a rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain...

i dont see whats wrong with that. it adds to the song. it adds demsion, and reality to the song.... great song... but its rlly depressing bc its baout broken frienships, and losing ur innocence... but a great song.. i love it
10-08-2005 00:36Jfizzle38 is offline Jfizzle38 

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THIs song is actualyl reallly good~! and the Punk'd episode when they tricked Vanessa with a fake band was HILARIOUS LOLOL!
15-08-2005 04:42i_is_stupid is offline i_is_stupid 

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so many people have asked about what this song means and i'm gonna answer. it's about how she moved to a new neighborhood and she wasn't really whole when she got there "i'm too thin" implies that she's kinda been through a rough time and is damaged. so she meets these new friends who are girls and they are different from anyone she's ever met and she becomes friends with them. she's a good loyal friend. "i hold onto your secrets" is showing that she doesn't blab secrets to everyone. but she meets a guy and they have sex yadda yadda yadda. and this is a big change for her and somhow, i'm not sure the song doesn't say, but this tears the friends apart. he could have been a friend's boyfrined, or she could have just kinda grow up an been differen, but they got into little fights all the time and constantly hurt each other. she was exiled from the group. you know it was only her because she says "maybe you were all faster than me" displaying the rest as a group still. and she now sees above all of the stupid teen drama and thinks it was silly, but it still hurts. "these silly little wounds will never mend." but she's still loyal to the friends that didn't treat her well. "but i hold onto your secrets.

i think this song might be about friends she made back when she was a serious dancer because she talks about "'when she dances she goes and goes" and she's dancing i nthe music video.

hope that helped!
18-09-2005 00:14Chinox is offline Chinox 

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this song is totally great. I can't get enough of it, and i can totally relate to it. (except "the part") I have loved Vanessa Carlton's music since i heard her first album (esp. sway, a thousand miles, ordinary day, and my favourite, Paradise), and she has got a fan for life now!!!
18-09-2005 05:53Noctem is offline Noctem 

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How the hell could you possibly NOT know what this song is about? It's fucking about sex and summer.
21-09-2005 19:02jess01 is offline jess01 

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[i]I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!! i can listen to it all day...Her voice is so pretty and cute lol! luv it!
03-11-2005 03:28omgWHOOP is offline omgWHOOP 

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Okay guys, let's point out the obvious. This song is obviously about her first time. I think the relation to summer camp from someone earlier is probably true. I assume that it's about her being surrounded by girl friends who all had sex before and how uncomfortable she feels with these girls and she compares herself to them and she says she wishes she was as confident as 'Jenny' since Vanessa has been quiet the whole time, and then she loses her virginity to this guy and she says she says she doesn't regret it and that it was only a summer love. And 'What I gave you is yours to keep' refers to her virginity that he took away. And it shows that she's not ashamed of it. Sex isn't so extraordinarly described in this song, I don't really like Vanessa Carlton but this song is well cute.
04-01-2006 16:2910tje is offline 10tje 

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too cute
love it
we want MORE
16-01-2006 21:01MrsLong is offline MrsLong 

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I think you all have very different and interesting views on this song, I really enjoyed reading them. I just wanted to throw in my thoughts on "the part".
Some seemed to be rather grossed out by the whole "rush of blood" comment. Does anyone else think that she might mean the rush of blood through her veins due to the anticipation & excitement of the whole experience? I like to think that VC didn't intend to give us all an illustrated visual of the less attractive side of the situation.
Just my opinion.
22-01-2006 22:12laurisb19 is offline laurisb19 

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this song is so beautiful!!! love it!!!!!! :kiss:
26-04-2006 03:57dolphinkim93 is offline dolphinkim93 

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i agree wit hyper too, if that part was taken out it wouldnt sound good
30-04-2006 03:00MongoBongo is offline MongoBongo 

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Ya'll know what this song is about, right? Awesome tune.
11-05-2006 01:14bumbarooboo24 is offline bumbarooboo24 

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this song it wickked. it's so catchy. the video is weird though.
30-05-2006 16:04rox_ma_sox is offline rox_ma_sox 

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INTERESTING lyrics.
05-06-2006 10:22black_hole_89 is offline black_hole_89 

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love this song I havem't heard it in ages but I love it!
31-07-2006 00:06musicvictim is offline musicvictim 

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Although it isn't the kind of music I like, the first time I heard this song I immediately loved the lyrics (but that part of the first time.. wasn't really necessary ), her voice is beautiful and I really like the piano in this music. Vanessa is kind of disappeared hun?
12-08-2006 05:54RandomChaos is offline RandomChaos 

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well, im not a VC fan, cuz im not too into tha whole 'goodie' pop thing. but i like 'white houses' cuz i can really relate to it.[i]
12-08-2006 05:57RandomChaos is offline RandomChaos 

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well, im not a VC fan, cuz im not too into tha whole 'goodie' pop thing. but i like 'white houses' cuz i can really relate to it.[i]

me too every time i hear

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

i get so sad cause it makes me thinks of mi friends that ive lost just because time and differences has pulled us apart
19-11-2006 19:34Mysia is offline Mysia 

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I love this song, but its not one of my big favorites of hers. I think everyone interprets the song differently. I know I do...
21-01-2007 12:07mieke77 is offline mieke77 

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Omg this is my summer song!
23-02-2007 16:20xo_Bella_ox is offline xo_Bella_ox 

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Such a cute song, the video is pretty cool 2.
04-04-2007 00:58x3melody145 is offline x3melody145 

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this is the perfect song for every girl that grew up too fast. the song is perfect, and i feel that the "controversial" part of the song blends perfectly and was handled with grace.

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