One more covered up tattoo New year, same issues New shoes scrapped my knees tryna re-tie the laces Boy one was better than boy two Just a little more to lose With a short fuse he blew it and I couldn't face it And for every jab he took He left a million dollar baby that much weaker It's not about one open scar A broken heart It's not about one drop of blood It's all the little stuff of bottled up What I pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up To watch it all fall down It's not about one open scar A crashing car It's not about one broken heart But a thousand paper cuts Child I'm rubber and he's glue No book, cannot get through to chapter two I hurt my finder by turnin' them pages It's wild things you can't undo So many black and blue's I out grew I'm timing it all the right places And every jab we took Left a hundred thousand cuts we made from paper It's not about one open scar A broken heart It's not about one drop of blood It's all the little stuff of bottled up What I pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up To watch it all fall down It's not about one open scar A crashing car It's not about one broken heart But a thousand paper cuts Paper hopes Paper does what paper should Paper plates, paper skin Broken hearts make papercuts It's not about one open scar A broken heart It's not about one drop of blood It's all the little stuff I bottled up What I pushed under the rug How many times do I build it up To watch it all fall down It's not about one open scar A crashing car It's not about one broken heart But a thousand paper cuts