[Verse 1]
Hands on the altar of my own mistakes
You wrap around me like a rough embrace
Every word you say
Pressed to my face till I fray
Tiny little cuts in the shape of your praise
I breathe you in
I choke on the taste
You tell me this is love
But it scrapes the flesh from my trust
[Chorus]
So I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hiss as I tear you thin
If you’re the blade that’s breaking my grin
I’ll be the storm that shreds your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till I’m breaking in
[Verse 2]
You paint your halo with a rusted crown
Smile like a saint while you grind me down
Every gentle touch
Hides a grain that bites too much
You said I’d shine if I just endure
But I’ve learned the shine was only yours
Now every scar you wrote
Is a map that leads to my revolt
[Chorus]
So I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hiss as I tear you thin
If you’re the blade that’s breaking my grin
I’ll be the storm that shreds your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till I’m breaking in
[Bridge]
Under these flickering walls
I taste the dust as your edges fall
You always swore I was too weak to win
(Watch me carve my way out)
As I peel you back from my trembling limbs
[Chorus]
Now I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hymn of the tearing begin
If you’re the weight that’s grinding me thin
I’ll be the fire that burns your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till you can’t get in
[Verse 1]
Hands on the altar of my own mistakes
You wrap around me like a rough embrace
Every word you say
Pressed to my face till I fray
Tiny little cuts in the shape of your praise
I breathe you in
I choke on the taste
You tell me this is love
But it scrapes the flesh from my trust
[Chorus]
So I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hiss as I tear you thin
If you’re the blade that’s breaking my grin
I’ll be the storm that shreds your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till I’m breaking in
[Verse 2]
You paint your halo with a rusted crown
Smile like a saint while you grind me down
Every gentle touch
Hides a grain that bites too much
You said I’d shine if I just endure
But I’ve learned the shine was only yours
Now every scar you wrote
Is a map that leads to my revolt
[Chorus]
So I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hiss as I tear you thin
If you’re the blade that’s breaking my grin
I’ll be the storm that shreds your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till I’m breaking in
[Bridge]
Under these flickering walls
I taste the dust as your edges fall
You always swore I was too weak to win
(Watch me carve my way out)
As I peel you back from my trembling limbs
[Chorus]
Now I drag my nails along your sandpaper skin
Hear the hymn of the tearing begin
If you’re the weight that’s grinding me thin
I’ll be the fire that burns your paper skin
Drag my nails
Drag my nails
Till you can’t get in