Paris Paloma - drywall [Official Video]

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Video Credits:
Director: Matthew Grass @mattngrass
DOP: Matthew Butler @mattfuckinbutler
PA/Driver: Honor Woollett @honor_woollett
Spark: John Cooper-Johns @john_cooper_johns

Actors
Paris Paloma
Henry Hayward

Lyrics:
He’s punching walls again
Cohesive arguments evade him

Eggshell temperament
No emotional regulation

Hysterical baby
His gaze always evades me
Doesn’t know he is paving
The road for my escape way
Every time
I scratch another line

I used to think of him a caring thing
Knuckles on his drywall
I’ve tried all
Of the parenting
Descent into hysterically
Ripping into ribbons
The things he knows he isn’t
And severing ties

Funny rationality
What would positions in power be?
Led by feelings that seemingly change hourly
I’m floored you ever got there
And when he snaps out of it
He drones in monotone, on a power trip
With tell-tale blood still running in his coward lips
From raising strokes that he hopes I’ll cower in

I used to think of him a caring thing
Knuckles on his drywall
I’ve tried all
Of the parenting
Descent into hysterically
Ripping into ribbons
All the things he knows he isn’t
And severing ties

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Never making good on silent threats
So that he knows that I have nothing

Oh but he has nothing

I used to think of him a caring thing
Knuckles on his drywall
I’ve tried all
Of the parenting
Descent into hysterically
Ripping into ribbons
All the things he knows he isn’t
And severing ties

I’m severing ties

#parispaloma #drywall

[sarahkemnitz]

Moved out and left my abusive partner for domestic violence today. The best 12 hours of work I did for myself in a long time. A state away and finally free. This song hits hard

[ivettkovacs]

I’m kind of used to the fact that each new song you release ends up being the best song I have ever heard, but I am still astonished by how visually stunning these music videos are

[nynevematthews]

I like how, at the end, the ribbon is broken but it’s still tied to her wrist. I think it means that she's free, but she still needs time fully cast off the marks of that relationship and heal.

[Sophie_Pea]

“I’ve tried all the parenting”…..god that’s powerful

[viktoreisfeld]

This is a beautiful song. My father used to do this. It's strange how the men that do this never hit one of the two-by-four studs behind the drywall with their fists. They always magically miss They never break their hands or hurt themselves. They never hit anything really solid. It's always just an expression of rage to intimidate and instill fear and never actual rage. When I was little, like 5 or 6, my father would come home drunk and pick me up by my shirt and slam me into the wall at his face height and yell at me with the most angry mean face that I've ever seen to this day - I'm an old man, now. And, my head and sometimes my shoulders would leave a hole in the drywall. I remember being so happy to patch it - like a kid play learning a trade from their father so that they could be like them. But, now as an old man looking back, maybe it was more about covering up what happened. It happened until I was 16 and finally bigger and stronger than him and he was afraid of me hitting him back.

[sageauthor]

As an escapee of domestic violence, the progressively angrier “never making good on silent threats so that he knows that I have nothing” hits so hard. A little told side of domestic violence is when the victims are aware of the abuse, but they accept. I accepted the love that I thought I deserved because somehow his destruction looked beautiful. A cage can be pretty and binding handcuffs can feel comforting if you love the person holding the key.

[lonsiedos]

as someone who still flinches when someone yells or slams their hands on a desk too hard, every day is one step further away from him. this song will be coming with me for the rest of the journey.

[queerantine]

All your songs have a different vibe and they are so good. I feel like your music heals because it doesn't lie or butter up emotion. It's raw

[adelaideshriver]

the chills i got when i realized the beat was mimicking the punching sound. i’m obsessed with all your songs, you’re easily one of my favorite artists

[TempestSageX]

She is just such a delightful breath of fresh air on the music scene. She absolutely deserves wider popularity but for now Im enjoying being in this little club too.

[Junior_Historians]

There are some things that have happened in my life that I’ve never been able to describe in words, only feelings…but Paris always manages to scream the words for me. In her lyrics I hear everything I’ve always needed to hear, yet never been able to vocalize. Thank you for being a light in the darkest of places, Paris❤️

[nataliedawes]

To all you fellow survivors, I love you all and I'm glad we made it.

[rdihzxf]

I may have already left this comment, but I want to point out how drastically different Paloma's tone is when she sings the chorus for the last time. I love how this demonstrates her gentle passivity turning into rage, and I have so much respect for this artist---for both her lyricism and her stance as a trans-inclusive feminist. ♥️

[dogteetharts]

This song is beautiful. Last year I finally cut off my father. The line “I tried all the parenting” hit really hard for me, because I did and it didn’t work. “Never making good on silent threats so I know that I have nothing” is so accurate. My father used to threaten to kill me constantly and I stayed because I thought he would hurt me or my siblings or himself. If anyone has a parent like mine, leave. they won’t love you because you take care of them. This song is amazing, thank you Paris Paloma.

[quotechill]

anyone else has a feeling that the guy in her videos is the kindest, sweetest soul ever, playing the bad guy? :D

[Hollow_wish]

Labour came out when I left my abuser. You always release a new song whenever I waver. Thank you. I left him and I am free

[AEMolinaro]

I just discovered this talented young woman 10 minutes ago and I think I'm already a fan for life.

[dallasflynn]

My Dearest, you have created another Anthem that rallies the Sisterhood to draw strength from within ourselves so that we may help others as we help ourselves rise from male dominated oppression. I have been waiting since 1972 for someone to take up the musical mantle after Helen Reddy (RIP) gave us I Am Woman. Fifty-one years is a lifetime, but the wait for you and others of your generation has been worth it. My simple “Thank-you.” does not seem enough when it sits here in one small post, but coupled with millions of other words of gratitude from millions of other women hopefully makes you feel how much your efforts mean to us.
Thank-you. ❤

[Serpentinsatin]

This masterpiece is the perfect breakup song. Because it does not feed into sadness, a hopeless gaze. But it pours power and assurance into every single one of us. "but he has nothing" Yes - You reap what you sow!

[JennyferPepin]

Just by seeing the 'walking up the stairs' I instantly had flashbacks. As a teenager, it was my cue to go into my room and be out of the way. My father would come back from work and spends hours and hours in his garage, drinking, and at 7-8pm when he would finally decide to come inside the house, he was ready to yell at everything and everyone. My mom tanking the worst of it. Gosh I hated this period of our lives.