Death By a thousand cuts
Tone
Capo: 4
Intro
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
Chorus 1
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it’s not enough
‘Cause the morning comes and you’re not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier still flickering here
‘Cause I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not
It’s death by a thousand cuts
Verse 1
I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it’ll be alright, they say, “I don’t know”
And what once was ours, is no one’s now
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share is this small town
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?
Chorus 2
‘Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it’s not enough
‘Cause the morning comes and you’re not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier still flickering here
‘Cause I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not
It’s death by a thousand cuts
Verse 2
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
Tryna find a part of me that you didn’t touch
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
Now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club
Our songs, our films, united we stand
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
Quiet my fears at the touch of your hand
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
Tryna find a part of me you didn’t take up
Gave you too much but it wasn’t enough
But I’ll be alright, it’s just a thousand cuts
Chorus 3
I get drunk, but it’s not enough
‘Cause you’re not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier still flickering here
‘Cause I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not, no it’s not
It’s death by a thousand cuts (you didn’t touch)
Post-Chorus
Tryna find a part of me that you didn’t touch
My body, my love, my trust (it’s death by a thousand cuts)
But it wasn’t enough, it wasn’t enough, no, no
Outro
I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it’ll be alright
They say, ”I don’t know”
