Paper Cuts

Lyrics

Verse 1
You left your mug on the sink
Still ringed with cheap lip stain
I keep your notes in my desk
Folded up like small gray rain

The hallway smells like dust
And your shampoo on my sleeve
I wore your hoodie home
Now it only fits my grief

Pre-Chorus
I try to laugh it off
But it sticks in my throat
Your name on my screen
Like a match in the snow

Chorus
Cut me open slow
Paper cuts and all
Paper cuts and all
You say my name then vanish
I still hear the fall
I still hear the fall
Paper cuts and all

Verse 2
There’s a crack in the frame
Where your picture used to lean
Now the wall looks bare
Like it knows what we could mean

I pass your street in rain
Keep my hands on the wheel
I tell myself I’m fine
But fine is never real

Pre-Chorus
I try to laugh it off
But it sticks in my throat
Your name on my screen
Like a match in the snow

Chorus
Cut me open slow
Paper cuts and all
Paper cuts and all
You say my name then vanish
I still hear the fall
I still hear the fall
Paper cuts and all

Bridge
If I call, would you break?
If I beg, would you stay?
I keep folding the ache
Till it sharpens each day

And I know this is done
But my hands don’t agree
They keep reaching for you
Like you’re still here with me

Final Chorus
Cut me open slow
Paper cuts and all
Paper cuts and all
You say my name then vanish
I still hear the fall
I still hear the fall
Paper cuts and all