This song is simply a metaphor. Melanie said herself in an interview that the album was a concept album; she took childhood themes and made them about adult themes. Dollhouse is about a broken family, each member with a different secret to hide. Though it doesn't directly say what Melanie's secret is, it could easily have been implied that it has to do with an anxiety disorder. The whole song has a very panicked tone. The entire chorus is Melanie telling her family to quickly get in their places and to make sure that no one finds out what's going on inside their house. This tone is also very heavily present in the verses. The bridge is the only place where the tone is calm in which she is inviting someone to come see just what her family is like. Clearly she is the most concerned with what's going on in her family as most of the other members don't pay attention to the others' problems. The only concern all four people share equally would be the pressure to make sure the public doesn't know what goes on behind closed doors [aka what goes down in the kitchen].