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labour

from Cacophony by Paris Paloma

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'labour' takes us inside a relationship where the speaker’s self-worth is once again reduced, like many people who find themselves in draining relationships with undeserving people. Taking on all the emotional labour - because we accept the love we think we deserve. But it is a breaking point... it is the first time the speaker acknowledges the toxicity of these dynamics, and the song is about the escape from that relationship.

lyrics

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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from Cacophony, track released March 24, 2023

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Paris Paloma London, UK

Paris Paloma is a 23 year old singer-songwriter from the UK.

shows

May 1

Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath

Birmingham, UK
May 2

The Caves

Edinburgh, UK
May 3

Pink Room, YES

Manchester, UK
May 5

Exchange

Bristol, UK
May 7

Islington Assembly Hall

London, UK
Jun 12

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Jun 14

The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jun 20

The Basement East

Nashville, TN
Jun 22

The Sinclair

Cambridge, MA
Jun 23

The Atlantis

Washington, DC
Jun 26

Bowery Ballroom

New York (NYC), NY
Jul 19

North Byron Parklands

Byron Bay, NSW
Aug 16

Langs Akerselva

Oslo, Norway
Aug 23

Leeds Festival

Leeds, UK

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