A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female person employed in domestic service. Although now usually found only in the most wealthy of households, in the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work.
Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today a single maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford, as was historically the case for many households. In the contemporary Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, very large differences in the income of urban and rural households and between different socio-economic classes, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.
Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children. In many places in some poor countries, maids often take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Many maids are required by their employers to wear a uniform.
Chambermaid EP has been considered as a single from the album Enchant by Emilie Autumn, even though it was released prior to the album. Most tracks were released on different albums. This was released with Autumn's own label, Traitor, which no longer exists. For that reason, Chambermaid is no longer in print.
As noted before, most of the songs from this release can be found on other releases: "Chambermaid (Decomposition Mix)" is the only song not found anywhere else. You can find tracks 2 and 6 on A Bit o' This & That under the names of "Chambermaid (Space Mix)" and "What If (Celtic Mix)". Also featured on A Bit o' This & That are "Hollow Like My Soul" and "I Don't Care Much". "Largo" and "Revelry" can be found on Laced/Unlaced, whilst "Chambermaid" and "What If" are found on Enchant.
Show your face
Don't hide
Take off the mask now
Underneath is a deep dark secret
Take me for a ride
Upon your white horse
Take your love
‘Cause I don't want to keep it
I am out of place
And honey you are out of time
I'd tell your fortune
But the words don't rhyme
Chorus:
I'm not your chambermaid
You're not my lord
All the fine games we played
Have left me bored
I never want to see you come around my castle
‘Cause I just can't afford to love you
I'm not your chambermaid
You're not my lord
Tell me what I have to do to make you
Understand it's a lost cause lover
Tell me while you're at it how it feels to
Hold me close when you've been thinking of her
I don't want to hear you say you love me
You've been gone such a long time
Won't you turn around
Before I have to see this
Face I once adored
Don't you see
I am out of place
And honey you are out of time
I'd tell your fortune
But the words don't rhyme
Chorus
You have no hold over me
What's in your cards now let me see
I hope you've got what you wanted
There's just one thing I know will never be