Blood still stains when the sheets are washed
Sex don't sleep when the lights are off
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
And syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
He's still dead when you're done with the bottle
Of course it's a corpse that you keep in the cradle
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
Syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
[Verse 1]
Blood money, blood money
How did you afford this ring that I love, honey?
"Just another shift at the drug company"
He doesn't think I'm that fucking dumb, does he?
[Pre-Chorus]
It doesn't matter what you pull up to your home
We know what goes on inside
You call that ass your own, we call that silicone
Silly girl with silly boys
[Chorus]
Blood still stains when the sheets are washed
Sex don't sleep when the lights are off
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
And syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
He's still dead when you're done with the bottle
Of course it's a corpse that you keep in the cradle
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
Syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
Sippy cup, s-s-sippy cup
In a sippy cup, sut, sippy cup
In a sippy cup, in a sippy cup
In a sippy cup, in a sippy cup
[Verse 2]
Pill diet, pill diet
If they give you a new pill, then you will buy it
If they say to kill yourself, then you will try it
All the makeup in the world won't make you less insecure
[Pre-Chorus]
You got weights in your pockets when you go to the doctor's
Your favorite candy's cotton, that's why all your teeth are rotten
Silly girl with silly boys
[Chorus]
Blood still stains when the sheets are washed
Sex don't sleep when the lights are off
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
And syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
He's still dead when you're done with the bottle
Of course it's a corpse that you keep in the cradle
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
Syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
Sippy cup, s-s-sippy cup
In a sippy cup, sut, sippy cup
In a sippy cup, in a sippy cup
In a sippy cup, in a sippy cup
[Chorus]
Blood still stains when the sheets are washed
Sex don't sleep when the lights are off
Kids are still depressed when you dress them up
And syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup
About
“Sippy Cup” is an alternative song where the Cry Baby character finally reveals the events that follow what takes place in “Dollhouse.” In an interview, Melanie told SPIN Magazine:
The song is basically the bridge between the Dollhouse EP and the Cry Baby album. […] This song is about what actually “goes down in the kitchen,” a deeper look into Cry Baby’s family life. This is my favorite video I’ve done so far.
In the video, Cry Baby’s mother from the “Dollhouse” video is shown distraught and drunken on the floor. Suddenly her drunken husband stumbles into the house, clutching an unfamiliar woman who is also drunk. They begin to dance in the kitchen as the wife pushes herself to her feet. The wife, seeing her husband has cheated (which was also suggested in the lyrics and video for “Dollhouse”), then murders him and the woman. When Cry Baby comes downstairs and discovers the bodies, the mother catches her with chloroform, chains her to her bed and poisons her…with a sippy cup.
The story and illustration for this song appears on the 7th page of the Cry Baby storybook, reading:
She watches momma sip a drink
Out of a sippy cup that’s pink
Because of that you’d never think
That she’d pass out under the sink
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Martinez told Fuse:
‘Dollhouse’ is [Cry Baby’s] family life. Just, you know, how she grew up. And ‘Sippy Cup’ is a deeper look into her family life and how they deal with things. […] In Cry Baby’s story, her mom is an alcoholic and her dad is cheating on her mom with someone else.
She also told Noisey:
I walked into the studio and was like ‘I’m obsessed with water, I really want some water sounds.’ And I always had a list in my phone of titles and that’s how every session would start. The titles were the concepts. ‘Sippy Cup’ is a deeper look into the ‘Dollhouse.’ It’s kind of the uncensored more descriptive, how her family life is shaping her, type of song. In the music video I continued the story and had the mom kill the dad and mistress and poison Cry Baby putting her to sleep to forget what happened.
Yes, “Sippy Cup” was certified gold by the RIAA on July 12, 2017.
- 1.Cry Baby
- 2.Dollhouse
- 3.Sippy Cup
- 4.Carousel
- 5.Alphabet Boy
- 6.Soap
- 8.Pity Party
- 10.Milk and Cookies
- 11.Pacify Her
- 12.Mrs. Potato Head
- 13.Mad Hatter
- 14.Play Date
- 15.Teddy Bear
- 16.Cake