[Intro]
                 
             

      
My, my, my, my

      

    
My, my, my, my

      

[Chorus]
             
Saying goodbye

           
 is death by a

          
 thousand cuts
              
Flashbacks wak


ing me up
         
I get drunk, b

        
ut it's not en

ough
              
’Cause the mor

            
ning comes and

         
 you're not my

 baby
             
I look through

           
 the windows o

         
f this love
              
Even though we

 
 boarded them 

up
         
Chandelier's s

      
till flickerin

g here
            
’Cause I can't

              
 pretend it's 

             
okay when it's

      
 not
         
It's death by 

            
a thousand cut

 
s


[Verse 1]
             
I dress to kil

           
l my time, I t

ake the long w

ay home
         
I ask the traf

              
fic lights if 

         
it'll be alrig

ht
              
They say, "I d

     
on't know"
              
And what once 

        
was ours is no

 one's now
            
I see you ever

              
ywhere, the on

   
ly thing we sh

are
              
Is this small 

    
town
              
You said it wa

              
s a great love

 
, one for the 

ages
         
But if the sto

              
ry’s over, why

       
 am I still wr

iting pages?


[Chorus]

             
Saying goodbye

           
 is death by a

          
 thousand cuts
              
Flashbacks wak


ing me up
         
I get drunk, b

        
ut it's not en

ough
              
’Cause the mor

            
ning comes and

         
 you're not my

 baby
             
I look through

           
 the windows o

         
f this love
              
Even though we

 
 boarded them 

up
         
Chandelier's s

      
till flickerin

g here
            
’Cause I can't

              
 pretend it's 

             
okay when it's

      
 not
         
It's death by 

            
a thousand cut

 
s


[Verse 2]
             
My heart, my h

              
ips, my body, 

   
my love
              
Tryna find a p

              
art of me that

    
 you didn't to

uch
              
Gave up on me 

              
like I was a b

   
ad drug
              
Now I'm search

              
ing for signs 

             
in a haunted c

lub
              
Our songs, our

              
 films, united

    
 we stand
              
Our country, g

              
uess it was a 

        
lawless land
              
Quiet my fears

              
 with the touc

          
h of your hand
              
Paper cut stin

              
gs from our pa

          
per-thin plans
              
My time, my wi

              
ne, my spirit,

    
 my trust
              
Tryna find a p

              
art of me you 

       
didn't take up
              
Gave you so mu

              
ch, but it was

    
n't enough
              
But I'll be al

              
right, it's ju

              
st a thousand 

        
cuts


[Chorus]
         
I get drunk, b

           
ut it's not en

      
ough
              
'Cause you're 


not my baby
             
I look through

           
 the windows o

         
f this love
              
Even though we

 
 boarded them 

up
         
Chandelier's s

      
till flickerin

g here

            
’Cause I can't

              
 pretend it's 

             
okay when it's

    
 not
         
No, it's not
         
It's death by 

            
a thousand cut


s (You didn't 

touch)


[Post-Chorus]

Tryna find a p

art of me that

 you didn't to

uch
             
My body, my lo

          
ve, my trust (


It's death by 

a thousand cut

s)
              
But it wasn't 

             
enough, it was

              
n't enough, no

       
, no


[Outro]
      

           
I ask the traf

              
fic lights if 

       
it'll be alrig

ht
             
They say, "I d

           
on't know"