Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue)

En garde, my god, how she getting me

Either we'll never get it right or it's meant to be

My ego, her pride, some recipe

We our biggest fans and our own worst enemies

Ain't shy, let the whole world know

Have 'em tuned in to the blow-by-blow

She move, I move, let her go, I go

Stir it up, stand back, watch the firework show, ayo

Too proud to quit when it's working

Too in denial to admit when it's over

Drowning at separate ends of an ocean

Both in too deep to know where the coast is

Surrounded by waves in the hurricane's gaze

When we together, ain't none of y'all safe

So, buckle up or get out of our way

Up in smoke, down in flames 'cause man

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line

Ayo, maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts

One by one on a hunt, nowhere to hide, nowhere left to run

But I'd rather walk with you all the summer

Then a low-key peace with another, aye

One by one, every cut, yeah it gets deep, but who they to judge?

'Cause when it's on, we roll like the thunder

Then it's R.I.P. to the others, aye

Cycle repeat till the lesson get learned, man

You play with fire, your bridges get burned, man

The standoff only making this worse

But don't nobody move and nobody gets hurt, man

We just caught in our ways, sucker punches traded, all fun and games

Until the cards fall where they may

Then it's all, can't even, whatever, anyway

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line

Ayo, maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

Telling everything inside, yeah

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on the knife edge

Telling everything inside

When will we learn?

We've come too far in this to see

How much it hurts

When will we learn?

You and I, we've come too far in this to know

When to let go

Are we our better halves, if we only make it worse?

Are we better off apart, but can't say the words?

When will we learn?

You and I, we've come too far in this to see

All we ever do is bleed

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts

I know when you're weakest (I know when you're weakest)

You know where my demons hide

Put us on the knife edge (Put us on the knife edge)

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts

I know when you're weakest (I know when you're weakest)

You know where my demons hide

Put us on the knife edge

Ain't no broken pride in these old papercuts