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Hot Knife Lyrics by Fiona Apple

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

2012

[Fiona Apple]
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He excites me
Must be like the Genesis of Rhythm
I get feisty
Whenever I'm with him
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
[Maude Maggart]
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
[Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart]
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
[Fiona Apple]
He excites me
Must be like the Genesis of Rhythm
I get feisty
Whenever I'm with him
[Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart]
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
[Maude Maggart]
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
[Maude Maggart & Fiona Apple]
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
And you can, and you can
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
And you can relax around me
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
And you can, and you can
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
And you can relax around me
[Fiona Apple]
He excites me
Must be like the Genesis of Rhythm
I get feisty
Whenever I'm with him
[Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart]
If I'm butter, if I'm butter
I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife
If I'm butter then he's a hot knife
I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter
He makes my heart a cinemascope screen
If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that
Showing a dancing bird of paradise
He’s never gonna need another, never need another
[Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart]
Maybe he could teach me something
(If I'm butter, if I'm butter)
(I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife)
Maybe I could teach him too
(If I'm butter then he's a hot knife)
(I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter)
Even just to reach is a triumph
(He makes my heart a cinemascope screen)
(If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that)
Now I really got a hold on you
(Showing a dancing bird of paradise)
(He’s never gonna need another, never need another)
Maybe he could teach me something
(If I'm butter, if I'm butter)
(I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife)
Maybe I could teach him too
(If I'm butter then he's a hot knife)
(I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter)
Even just to reach is a triumph
(He makes my heart a cinemascope screen)
(If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that)
Now I really got a hold on you
(Showing a dancing bird of paradise)
(He’s never gonna need another, never need another)
[Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart]
Maybe he could teach me something
(If I'm butter, if I'm butter)
(And you can, and you can)
(I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife)
Maybe I could teach him too
(If I'm butter then he's a hot knife)
(And you can relax around me)
(I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter)
Even just to reach is a triumph
(He makes my heart a cinemascope screen)
(And you can, and you can)
(If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that)
Now I really got a hold on you
(Showing a dancing bird of paradise)
(And you can relax around me)
(He’s never gonna need another, never need another)
Maybe he could teach me something
(If I'm butter, if I'm butter)
(And you can, and you can)
(I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife)
Maybe I could teach him too
(If I'm butter then he's a hot knife)
(And you can relax around me)
(I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter)
Even just to reach is a triumph
(He makes my heart a cinemascope screen)
(And you can, and you can)
(If I get a chance, I’m gonna show him that)
Now I really got a hold on you
(Showing a dancing bird of paradise)
(And you can relax around me)
(He’s never gonna need another, never need another)
Credits
Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple

About “Hot Knife” by Fiona Apple

Read the complete lyrics to "Hot Knife" by Fiona Apple from the album "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" in 2012. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Dark Cabaret, Post-Minimalism, Progressive Rock.

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"Hot Knife" is credited to Fiona Apple. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Hot Knife" appears on "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" in 2012.

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