Hot Knife Lyrics
Fiona Apple
Lyrics
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 the 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 the dancing bird of paradise
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
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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the dancing bird of paradise
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
And you can
And you can
And you can relax around me
And you can
And you can
And you can relax around me
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 the dancing bird of paradise
Maybe you could teach me something
Maybe I could teach you too
Even just to reach is a triumph
And now I've really got a hold on you
Song & Lyrics Facts
Fiona Apple's song "Hot Knife" is a track off of her 2012 album, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. It was written by Fiona Apple and produced by Charlie Drayton.
The genre of the song is alternative rock with elements of jazz-influenced piano balladry. The lyrics of "Hot Knife" are about a relationship that has become so intense that it feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. With its poetic lines and use of metaphor, this song showcases Apple's unique writing style. The band members who performed on the track include Fiona Apple (vocals, piano), Charley Drayton (drums) and Sebastian Steinberg (bass).