Papercuts

One more covered up tattoo, new year but same issues New shoes, knees get scraped tryna reach by the laces Boy one was better than boy two, just a little more to lose The short fuse, he blew it and I couldn't face it And for every jab he took He left a million-dollar baby not much weaker It's not about one open scar One broken heart, it's not about one Drop of blood, it's all the little stuff I've gargled up while I'm pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up to watch it all fall down? It's not about one open scar, one crashing car It's not about one broken heart but a thousand papercuts Child, I'm rubber, and he's glue, new book and I get through it To chapter two, I hurt my finger by turnin' the pages It's wild, the things you can't undo, so many black and blues I outgrew, I'm timing in all the right places And every jab he took Left a hundred-thousand cuts he made from paper It's not about one open scar One broken heart, it's not about one Drop of blood, it's all the little stuff I've gargled up while I'm pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up to watch it all fall down? It's not about one open scar, one crashing car It's not about one broken heart but a thousand papercuts Paper hearts, paper dolls, I'm paper shot Paper plate, paper skin, broken hearts make papercuts It's not about one open scar One broken heart, it's not about one Drop of blood, it's all the little stuff I've gargled up while I'm pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up to watch it all fall down? It's not about one open scar, one crashing car It's not about one broken heart but a thousand papercuts