Paris Paloma - labour (Lyrics) 'you make me do too much labor'

Why are you hanging on
So tight
To the rope that I’m hanging from
Off this island
This was an escape plan
Carefully timed it
So let me go
And dive into the waves below

Who tends the orchards?
Who fixes up the gables
Emotional torture
From the head of your high table
Who fetches the water
From the rocky mountain spring
And walk back down again
To feel you words and their sharp sting
And I’m getting fucking tired

The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
If our love died, would that be the worst thing?
For somebody I thought was my saviour
You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
The calloused skin on my hands is cracking
If our love ended, would that be a bad thing?
As the silence haunts our bed chamber
You make me do too much labour

Apologies from my tongue
Never yours
Busy lapping from flowing cup
And stabbing with your fork
I know you’re a smart man
And weaponise
The false incompetence
It’s dominance under guise

If we had a daughter
I’d watch and could not save her
The emotional torture
From the head of your high table
She’d do what you taught her
She’d meet the same cruel fate
So now I’ve gotta run
So I can undo this mistake
At least I’ve gotta try

The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
If our love died, would that be the worst thing?
For somebody I thought was my saviour
You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
The calloused skin on my hands is cracking
If our love ended, would that be a bad thing?
As the silence haunts our bed chamber
You make me do too much labour

All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid
Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant
Just an appendage, live to attend him
So that he never lifts a finger
24/7 baby machine
So he can live out his picket fence dreams
It’s not an act of love if you make her
You make me do too much labour

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[BangersOnly]

been waiting on this one from the incredibly talented Paris since she first shared it on her tiktok and WOW even better and more powerful than I ever could have hoped for. Enjoy family

[greekfountain]

Finally a song that was good from start to finish and not just the part that was promoted. I want to go outside and scream this song at the top of my lungs.

[felleenabendijo]

I thought the viral hook would be the ultimate climax. I was taken aback by the rage I felt from the 1st word upto the last.

[hellooo]

This song really hits different when you grew up in a house where your mom was treated like this ending up in a relationship like hers is literally one of my worst fears

[Badbirdie]

holy...I haven't heard a song that actually makes me feel the emotion behind the lyrics like this in so long. the build up to the pure rage and pain felt by an abused partner that has had enough is immaculate. That was amazing. Reminds me of how it felt to watch what my Mother went through when I was a child and how my Father was exactly the kind of man in this song. She found a better man by the way.

[kittykatgalore]

Here from tiktok. This song hurts but her voice is beautiful and comforting at the same time.

[ValeriaRamirez-rcvs]

Why can’t my mother see this? Why did I had to watch her go through this all my life? Why does she think this is normal?🥺

[yesitsjess]

A part of this reminds me of a quote from the Great Gatsby "And I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." No one WANTS that for their daughter…but we know that in this cruel world…it is sometimes the only way to be happy and not question 😢

[mckenziemcintyre]

listening to this while writing an essay on how societal norms cause insanity in women.

[anna_negk]

i dont even know how many times ive had this on repeat its stook in my head

[Userinterfaceexperience]

There’s also labor in staying in relationships waiting for men to do the bare minimum. Women also stayed because “at least he doesn’t hit me/he’s a good one…” You are worth more than the bare minimum of respect. Don’t waste your life.

[lorraineconnor]

I remember at about age 7, watching my mother run around like a chicken with her head cut off while still having a full time job as a nurse, meanwhile my father came home from work and relaxed on the couch with the newspaper, his day over, waiting for his dinner. Couldn't help thinking to myself even back then, Is this what's expected of me when I grow up?I was absolutely horrified, and the answer, of course, was an emphatic YES.

[annm.d.]

I feel the rage of all my female ancestors with this song. Goosebumps from the first second

[onedayiwillbeathome]

To realize how true this song is, is truly terrifying.

[allycinwunderland]

The saddest part is that this is the oldest story in the world. A lot of the first ever recorded transcripts, stories and novels are about owning women/women being sold or women dying in childbirth as her "duty"

[nonameno]

i met my husband when i was 18. he was 55. i. feel. this.

[emiliakaakyo]

Soundtrack to my thesis! I am having a good cry right now! Thank you, tell the world, let's use every gift God gave us to tell the world the life of a woman !

[tete-cb]

i want to experience shouting the last part at a concert

[cookieiyla]

The best part in my opinion 3:03 it’s just stuck in my head-

[mickeysanto]

I am 20 years old and I am a couple months into the only healthy relationship ever had in my entire life. So when this man insisted he’d do the dishes for me I was caught hella off guard. So this is what love is…? I like it