In Your House
Air Lyrics


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I play at night in your house
I live another life
Pretending to swim
In your house
I change the time in your house
The hours I take
Go so slow
I hear no sound in your house
Silence
In the empty rooms
I drown at night in your house




Pretending to swim
Pretending to swim

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Air's song In Your House paint a surreal, dream-like picture of someone who seems to be living a double life. The singer of the song plays at night in a house that doesn't belong to them, perhaps sneaking in or breaking in after dark. They live another life there, pretending to swim, changing the time, and taking the hours slowly. The imagery of swimming gives the sense that the singer is buoyant, weightless, and free in the house, able to move easily through space and time.


Despite the freedom the singer seems to experience in the house, the setting is also eerie and lonely. The lyrics mention that there is no sound in the house, only silence in empty rooms. The singer also drowns at night, perhaps implying a sense of isolation or suffocation. The repetition of the phrase "pretending to swim" gives the impression that the singer is living in a fantasy world, a kind of escape from the reality they face outside of the house.


Overall, the lyrics to "In Your House" create a vivid, otherworldly scene that raises more questions than answers. What is the significance of the house? Who does it belong to? What is the singer escaping from? What kind of new life are they trying to build inside the unfamiliar walls?


Line by Line Meaning

I play at night in your house
During the night, I am in your house and engaging in play or leisure activities.


I live another life
My life within your house is different from my usual life, as though I'm living a separate identity.


Pretending to swim in your house
I am faking or pretending to swim as if I am in a pool or other body of water within your residence.


I change the time in your house
I alter the passage of time in your dwelling place in such a way that time seems to go more slowly during my stay.


The hours I take go so slow
The amount of time that passes for me feels like it is taking longer due to my altering the time and perception of time within your house.


I hear no sound in your house
There is an absence of noise or audible activity while I am in your house.


Silence in the empty rooms
The vacant rooms within your house are silent and still, without any signs of life or activity.


I drown at night in your house
During the nighttime, I feel like I am drowning, struggling, or overwhelmed while within the confines of your house.


Pretending to swim, pretending to swim
The act of pretending to swim while in your house is repeated and continued, signifying a potential sense of escapism or avoiding reality.




Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ROBERT JAMES SMITH, LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, SIMON GALLUP, MATTHIEU A. HARTLEY

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