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Death By a Thousand Cuts

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Death By a Thousand Cuts

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Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cutsFlashbacks waking me upI get drunk, but it's not enough'Cause the morning comes and you're not my babyI look through the windows of this loveEven though we boarded them upChandelier's still flickering here'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's notIt's death by a thousand cutsI dress to kill my time, I take the long way homeI ask the traffic lights if it'll be alrightThey say, "I don't know"And what once was ours is no one's nowI see you everywhere, the only thing we shareIs this small townYou said it was a great love, one for the agesBut if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cutsFlashbacks waking me upI get drunk, but it's not enough'Cause the morning comes and you're not my babyI look through the windows of this loveEven though we boarded them upChandelier's still flickering here'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's notIt's death by a thousand cutsMy heart, my hips, my body, my loveTryna find a part of me that you didn't touchGave up on me like I was a bad drugNow I'm searching for signs in a haunted clubOur songs, our films, united we standOur country, guess it was a lawless landQuiet my fears with the touch of your handPaper cut stings from our paper-thin plansMy time, my wine, my spirit, my trustTryna find a part of me you didn't take upGave you so much, but it wasn't enoughBut I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cutsI get drunk, but it's not enough'Cause you're not my babyI look through the windows of this loveEven though we boarded them upChandelier's still flickering here'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's notNo, it's notIt's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch)Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touchMy body, my love, my trust(It's death by a thousand cuts)But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, noI take the long way homeI ask the traffic lights if it'll be alrightThey say, "I don't know"
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