Love Chore from Prior Art by JESS SAADE

Chopping board
Chopping board
My heart is on the chopping board
Oh wait
Where are the onions
The water boils, the music plays
The elephants we dance away
In the kitchen
If only the watched pot would boil
And serve us some answers
What are we doing here
I’m crying and cutting
Swear the onions I’m gutting
Are the reason
For my tears
So I cut and I’m stuck
In this culinary rut
And oops

I sliced the top of my thumb right off
I sliced the top of my thumb right off

When I did it, I hid it
I hid, ‘cause I didn’t
Want you to know that I’m human after all
Want you to think that I’d trip but not fall
But I tripped over you
And fuck it, I’m screwed
‘Hey! Did we run out of onions?’ I call
Ooh

Drying rack
Drying rack
My heart is on the drying rack
Why didn’t you use the gentle cycle
Hung by pins meant for clothes
Hung out to dry and no one knows
When I’ll be finished

If only a timer would count down
To serve me some answers
What am I doing here
I’m washing these pillows
These mascara stains are coincidence
Not from my tears
So I wash and I fluff
And I cut this tag off
And oops

I sliced the top of my thumb right off
I sliced the top of my thumb right off

When I did it, I hid it
I hid, ‘cause I didn’t
Want you to know that I’m human after all
Want you to think that I’d trip but not fall
But I tripped over you
And fuck it, I’m screwed
‘Can I was this out with detergent?’ I call
Ooh, ooh

Will it remove the blood stains
If my heart is still pumping it out
Can’t let it hang to dry fully
Can’t let it toughen in this crowd
Can I have that piece of my thumb back
I’ll let you keep that piece of my heart
It’s just for my own survival
I need to hitchhike my way out
I got in the car and I took off
I got in the car and I took off

When I did it, I hit it
Hit the gas pedal, split it
You should know that I’m human after all
Though I thought that I’d trip and not fall
But I tripped over you
With some healing to do
And I’ve left my baggage back there, that’s all
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

• Alternative
• acoustic
• alt pop
• alternative folk
• alternative pop
• art pop
• Birmingham