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Artist: Taylor Swift
Canonical path: /taylor-swift/death-by-a-thousand-cuts
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Death By a Thousand Cuts
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Death By a Thousand Cuts
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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
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
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?
'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
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 with 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 so much, but it wasn't enough
But I'll be alright
It's just a thousand cuts
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)
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
I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights
If it'll be alright
They say: I don't know
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