Labour
[00:03.94] Why are you hanging on
[00:07.92] So tight
[00:10.04] To the rope that I'm hanging from
[00:13.76] Off this island?
[00:15.88] This was an escape plan (this was an escape plan)
[00:19.60] Carefully timed it
[00:21.46] So that we'd go
[00:24.11] And dive into the waves below
[00:27.31] Who tends the orchards?
[00:29.96] Who fixes up the gables?
[00:32.62] Emotional torture
[00:36.08] From the head of your high table
[00:38.46] Who fetches the water
[00:41.38] From the rocky mountain spring?
[00:44.31] And walk back down again
[00:46.70] To feel your words and their sharp sting?
[00:51.48] And I'm getting fucking tired
[00:54.66] The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
[00:57.59] If our love died would that be the worst thing?
[01:00.51] For somebody that I thought was my saviour
[01:03.16] You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
[01:06.36] The callous skin on my hands is cracking
[01:08.98] If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
[01:12.17] And the silence haunts our bed chamber
[01:14.56] You make me do too much labour
[01:30.23] Apologies from my tongue
[01:33.68] And never yours
[01:35.56] Busy lapping from flowing cup
[01:38.75] And stabbing me with your fork
[01:41.95] I know you’re a smart man
[01:43.55] (I know you’re a smart man)
[01:45.41] And weaponise the false incompetence
[01:49.66] It’s dominance under a guise
[01:52.84] If we had a daughter
[01:55.50] I’d watch and could not save her
[01:58.43] The emotional torture
[02:01.35] From the head of your high table
[02:04.26] She’d do what you taught her
[02:06.89] She’d meet the same cruel fate
[02:09.85] So now I’ve gotta run
[02:12.47] So I can undo this mistake
[02:17.25] At least I’ve gotta try
[02:20.44] The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
[02:23.36] If our love died would that be the worst thing?
[02:26.28] For somebody that I thought was my saviour
[02:28.68] You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
[02:31.59] The callous skin on my hands is cracking
[02:34.78] If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
[02:37.45] And the silence haunts our bed chamber
[02:40.09] You make me do too much labour
[02:43.02] All day, every day
[02:44.61] Therapist, mother, maid
[02:45.94] Nymph then a virgin
[02:47.27] Nurse then a servant
[02:48.59] Just an appendage, live to attend him
[02:51.52] So that he never lifts a finger
[02:54.44] Twenty-four seven baby machine
[02:56.83] So he can live out his picket fence dreams
[02:59.51] It’s not an act of love if you make her
[03:02.95] You make me do too much labour
[03:05.61] All day, every day
[03:07.20] Therapist, mother, maid
[03:08.81] Nymph then a virgin
[03:10.12] Nurse then a servant
[03:11.45] Just an appendage, live to attend him
[03:14.64] So that he never lifts a finger
[03:17.30] Twenty-four seven baby machine
[03:19.95] So he can live out his picket fence dreams
[03:22.88] It’s not an act of love if you make her
[03:25.80] You make me do too much labour
[03:28.45] The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
[03:31.38] (All day, every day: Therapist, mother, maid)
[03:31.90] If our love died would that be the worst thing?
[03:33.45] (Nymph then a virgin; nurse then a servant)
[03:34.58] For somebody that I thought was my saviour
[03:34.76] Just an appendage, live to attend him
[03:37.49] You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
[03:40.95] (So that he never lifts a finger)
[03:41.41] The callous skin on my hands is cracking
[03:42.97] (Twenty-four seven baby machine)
[03:43.07] If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
[03:46.00] (So he can live out his picket fence dreams)
[03:46.74] And the silence haunts our bed chamber
[03:48.65] (It’s not an act of love if you make her)
[03:48.92] You make me do too much labour
