Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls: Unveiling the Betrayal Within Relationships
Lyrics
Young killer, bloods thicker
Expressing a connection with someone, possibly family, and highlighting loyalty.
Why won't you have your back for me
Questioning why the person won't support or defend the speaker.
Times ticking, bloods dripping
Indicating urgency and danger, with the mention of time ticking and blood dripping.
And now I'm asking to be free
Requesting freedom from a challenging situation.
Why are people like paper dolls
Comparing people to paper dolls, suggesting fragility and superficiality.
Show you love then break your soul
Describing a pattern where people express love but end up hurting deeply.
Cut you up and leave you dead
Portraying a harmful and destructive relationship, possibly with betrayal.
Cause paper cuts are always red
Linking the pain of emotional wounds (paper cuts) to the color red.
Even when the papers blunt
Suggesting that even when things seem harmless, there can still be hurtful consequences.
I'll still get cut by your reflections
Anticipating emotional wounds from reflections or encounters with the person.
Knowing that I'm not safe with you
Expressing a lack of safety and vulnerability in the relationship.
Locked eyes, tongues tied
Describing a moment of intense connection but with communication challenges.
What? you don't feel safe inside
Questioning the other person's sense of safety within the relationship.
Maybe I should leave and start anew
Contemplating leaving the relationship to find a new beginning.
Cause when I look in your eyes
Noting a perception of evil or malevolence in the other person's eyes.
I see the devils eyes
Continuing to see negative qualities in the other person despite previous connections.
It's funny cause you know
Highlighting irony in the situation where the speaker has insight into the other person.
Iv'e seen you through
Claiming to have seen through the other person's facade or deception.
Why are people like paper dolls
Repeating the comparison of people to paper dolls and the pattern of love and hurt.
Show you love then break your soul
Reiterating the theme of expressing love but causing deep emotional harm.
Cut you up and leave you dead
Emphasizing the destructive nature of relationships, leading to metaphorical death.
Cause paper cuts are always red
Repeating the connection between emotional wounds (paper cuts) and the color red.
Why are people like paper dolls
Reiterating the fragility and harm caused by people, likened to paper dolls.
Show you love then break your soul
Continuing the theme of expressing love but inflicting deep emotional wounds.
Cut you up and leave you dead
Repeating the idea of cutting and leaving others emotionally dead.
They cut you up and leave you dead
Underlining the irreversible and fatal consequences of emotional wounds.
Cause I know, cause I know
Affirming the speaker's knowledge of the destructive nature of emotional wounds.
Cause I know, cause I know
Repeating the speaker's certainty about the damaging effects of emotional pain.
That paper cuts are red
Affirming that emotional wounds (paper cuts) are inevitably painful (red).
I was a young killer
Recalling a past state of being a "young killer" with a strong, loyal bond.
My blood was thicker
Emphasizing the strength of the speaker's bond, suggesting it was thicker than blood.
You didn't have you're back for me
Reflecting on a lack of support or loyalty from the other person.
Time ticked while blood dripped so
Describing a period of time passing while the relationship caused emotional harm.
I asked to be free
Requesting freedom from the emotional pain inflicted by the relationship.
Everyones like a paper doll
Drawing a parallel between everyone and paper dolls, emphasizing the superficial understanding.
They think they know me oh baby no
Contradicting the idea that others truly understand the speaker.
So sit down get a glass to drink
Suggesting patience while waiting for the other person's actions to cause emotional pain.
I'll wait for your time to sting
Anticipating a moment when the other person's actions will cause emotional pain.
Your time to sting
Repeating the anticipation of a moment when the other person's actions will hurt.
Your time to sting
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