Papercuts

Make a mark, pen to paper Cut it out from inside Buried there is something that you try to hide (try to hide) Lay awake at night dreaming of an end Hopeless in failure of her attempts At connecting the dots in her head Suppressing the thoughts that could let her spend One more tear from her precipitated eyes There's no prescription you could fill To fight the sickness in her mind Her only cure Is to be heard Make a Mark, pen to paper Cut it out from inside Buried There is something that you try to hide You'll never hear yourself Until you speak your mind Dedicated life to the path we chose With words we could brighten a thousand souls But how could we heal a crowd When we ourselves are bleeding out We talked last night for the first time in weeks She said she hasn't found a reason to fill the pad with ink I said I can tell by the look in your eyes You're about to write the best words of your life (Words in your life) (Words in your life) Make a mark pen to paper Cut it out from inside Buried there is something that you try to hide You'll never hear yourself Until you speak your mind Make a mark pen to paper Cut it out from inside Buried there is something that you try to hide You'll never hear yourself Until you speak your mind She said I never thought I'd feel this way But I know we're gonna change the world someday I said there's never been a doubt in my mind So place your hand in mine And together we'll light up the sky We've just gonna try Make a mark pen to paper Cut it out from inside Buried there is something that you try to hide You'll never hear yourself Until you speak your mind She said I never thought I'd feel this way (Make a mark pen to paper, cut it out from inside) But I know we're gonna change the world someday (buried there is something that you try to hide) I said there's never been a doubt in my mind So place your hand in mine And together we'll light up the sky We just gotta try