Under the skin

But no further in

I've seen it before

I was hoping for more

If I could choose

I'd rather bruise

I'd just rather lose

Then hear another excuse

You're just a paper cut

I don't know why it would hurt

I can't see why it would hurt but it does

I live in the air

I'm split in two

That's open and bared

Don't know what to do

I've never been scared

Of a little red

You're just a paper cut

I don't know why it would hurt

I can't see why it would hurt but it does

So I make my escape from all of this plastic tape

Where you play it so safe so straight so straight

My heart will open again reach way down and deep in

It won't take very long this mark will be gone

You're just a paper cut

I don't know why it would hurt

I can't see why it would hurt but it does

You're just a paper cut

I don't know why it would hurt

I can't see why it would hurt but it does