Papercuts

[Verse 1: Illy]

En garde, my god, how she get at me

Either we'll never get it right or it's meant to be

My ego, her pride, some recipe

We're our biggest fans and our own worst enemies

Ain't shy, let the whole world know

Have 'em tuned into the blow by blow

She move, I move, let her go, I go

Stir it up, stand back, watch the firework show

Ayo, too proud to quit when it's broken

Too in denial to admit when it's over

Drowning at separate ends of an ocean

Both in too deep to know where the coast is

Surrounded by waves in a hurricanes

Gaze, when we together ain't none of y'all safe

So buckle or get out of our way

Up in smoke, down in flames 'cause, man

[Chorus: Vera Blue]

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise

When we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Bassline: Vera Blue]

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Verse 2: Illy]

One by one on the hunt

Nowhere to hide, nowhere left to run

But I'd rather war with you all of summer

Than a low-key peace with another, ayy

One by one, every cut

Yeah, it gets deep, but who they to judge?

'Cause when it's on, we roll like the thunder

Then it's RIP to the others, ayy

Cycle repeat till the lesson get learned, man

You play with fire, bridges get burnt, man

The standoff only making this worse

But don't nobody move and nobody gets hurt, man

We just caught in our ways

Sucker-punches traded, all fun and games

Until the cards fall where they may

Then it's all, "Can't even, whatever, anyway"

[Chorus: Vera Blue]

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise

When we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Post-Chorus: Illy & Vera Blue]

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We tear down everything inside, and

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We'll tear down everything inside

[Bridge: Vera Blue]

When will we learn

We've come too far in this to see

How much it hurts?

When will we learn?

You and I

We've come too far in this to know

When to let go

Are we our better halves

If we only make it worse?

Are we better off apart

But can't say the words?

When will we learn?

You and I

We've come too far in this to see

All we ever do is bleed

[Chorus: Vera Blue]

When we fight fire with fire

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise

When we play with knives, ayo

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Post-Chorus: Illy & Vera Blue]

I know when you're weakest (I know when you're weakest)

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge (Put us on a knife edge)

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

I know when you're weakest (I know when you're weakest)

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts