[Verse 1]
You laughed at my work
Like it’s some kind of joke
Tiny little comment
Still my chest feels smoked
You walked away grinning
I stayed at my screen
Blood in my coffee
But I keep it clean
[Chorus]
It’s just a paper cut heart
You say it ain’t that deep
Little slice
Little sting
But it follows me to sleep
It’s just a paper cut heart
Guess I’m supposed to be tough
But a hundred little cuts
Yeah
They add up
[Verse 2]
You text
“can we raincheck?”
I’m dressed
I’m at the door
I tell you it’s all good
Hang my jacket on the floor
No meltdown
No movie
Just that hollow in the room
I scroll and stare at nothing
While the night goes blue
[Chorus]
It’s just a paper cut heart
You say it ain’t that deep
Little slice
Little sting
But it follows me to sleep
It’s just a paper cut heart
Guess I’m supposed to be tough
But a hundred little cuts
Yeah
They add up
[Bridge]
It’s the look that slides past me (yeah)
Like I’m barely there
The sentence left hanging
In unfinished air
Not broken
Not bleeding
Just frayed at the seams
But I wake up aching
From such quiet things
[Chorus]
It’s just a paper cut heart
You say it ain’t that deep
Little slice
Little sting
But it follows me to sleep
It’s just a paper cut heart
Guess I’m supposed to be tough
But a hundred little cuts
Yeah
They add up
Yeah
They add up (oh)
These little cuts
They add up