Lyric discussion by GaldinoGaldino 

Cover art for Happy House lyrics by Siouxsie and the Banshees

To me, it's about the happiness feeling being forced throat down in somenone.The happiness is somewhat fake in this song. Some totalitary system is installed and the government wants to make that people be happy and satisfied with all suffering and oppression caused by the people. It seems an hymn made by the minor that holds all the power to all the popullation,like the people in Orwell's 1984, mainly the proles.It's my interpretation of the song, the "escapism and finding a happy place" or and "asylum" theories make more sense.

In fact, The happy feeling could be provide by a drug like soma (Brave New World, Huxley), making the "Totalitary System" theory of mine less nonsense.

I forget the "Christine" song that speaks of mental disease. But i like to think that way above.