My House

## "My House"Single by Declan McKenna

"**My House**" is a song by Declan McKenna. It was released on 9 July 2021 as a single. On Giphy, the song has been classified as belonging to the *Zeros* era.

## Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, plans for the *Zeros* album cycle had to be cancelled or adjusted in accordance with global lockdowns. Declan used his free-time to write and produce new music, which contrasted the serious tone and band-heavy sound of *Zeros*.

On 15 June 2021, Declan posted a snippet of the song on TikTok, where he stated that the song wouldn't be finished until he found a sample that could be added to it. Another version of the snippet featured a phone call with Josh McClorey, in which Declan revealed that he was recording "My House", but the closed captions were changed to read "*at* my house", keeping the title a secret.

On 30 June 2021, Declan posted another snippet of the song and announced that the song would be released on 9 July.

## Composition

Lyrically, "My House" is about not being able to see loved ones during the pandemic. The song is also about "the joys you come to find when you're on your own and coming to face your demons".

## Lyrics

My House,

Is so far from your one, hun

Nothing to spend my paper currency on

The big man said city life, kid your in the city for good,

ain’t allowed to step foot of my neighbourhood,

but,

I don’t mind

I don’t mind

Cause when I see you looking back over the line like that

I’m gonna be someone you never seen before

You’re gonna make me run for miles

oh from my house

Yeh when I see you looking at me on the line like that

I wanna be somewhere I’m not allowed to go

But I’m gonna run for miles,

Over from my house

such a lovely building,

microwave oven and hot tub to chill in,

You can call me up if you got something to say well how can I have something to say

I can only get out of it once today,

I don’t mind

I don’t mind

Cause when I see you looking back over the line like that

I’m gonna be someone you never seen before

You’re gonna make me run for miles

oh from my house

Yeh when I see you looking at me on the line like that

I wanna be somewhere I’m not allowed to go

But I’m gonna run for miles,

Over from my house

You can run a mile, or you can stay for good,

You can run a mile, or you can stay for good,

My House

My House

## Credits

Credits adapted from Twitter and Tidal.

* Declan McKenna - writing, production, vocals, instruments
* Neil Comber - production
* Gabi King - drums, chopsticks, background vocals
* Will Bishop - microwave
* Allie Crow Buckley - background vocals
* Jason Boesel - background vocals
* Rostam Batmanglij - background vocals
* Jake Passmore - background vocals
* Dan Grech-Marguerat - mixing
* Matt Colton - mastering

## References

1. ↑ https://giphy.com/declanmckenna/zeros
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://consequence.net/2021/07/declan-mckenna-interview-my-house-rostam/
3. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@declanmckenna/video/6974130878477864198
4. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@declanmckenna/video/6974730278900092165
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/DeclanMcKenna/status/1410238038974795780
6. ↑ https://readdork.com/news/declan-mckenna-my-house/
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/DeclanMcKenna/status/1410242021831450633
8. ↑ https://listen.tidal.com/album/188535877/credits