Papercut Nightmares Lyrics

Monday night I stepped out in the breeze

Watching the shadows creep through the weeds

Cause if someone breaks in

They'll teach me again

The worst thing about sleeping alone

Under covers so no one could see

While I dozed off something came over me

I could swear you were right there

A papercut nightmare

Politely snuck into my home

In my hand was a silver syringe

A vial of dark liquid, a means to an end

And my grave fear of needles dissolved in the heat

Because I was the one in control

And God peeked through the fabric to say

To save it for someone who'd take you away

So I went to your mother's who only sees her son-in-laws

Once every couple of years

And she knew I was yours until death

Told so many stories she ran out of breath

Though she raised you a dreamer

The thought that you'd leave her

remained one of her greatest fears

I could tell she thought you deserved more

It wouldn't be long 'til she showed me the door

So I held out my arms

Prepared to do harm

But she knew not to trust me

She pulled back and asked why in

Summer I'm wearing long sleeves

So I wiped off my smile

And showed her the vial

And syringe as she sighed in relief

Cause she'd seen this before in a dream

A papercut nightmare when she was sixteen

And knows that it can't be injected, but only ingested

For someone to truly get hurt

I guess that was the moment I knew

That I was the vial and your mother was you

Just like me it intimidates only the people who

Don't understand how it works

How it works

So I wake up and hide from the sun

Think about how to take back what I've done

Til the dreamscape eludes me

And all I can do is make

Sense of the piece I've got left

Someday I hope we raise a kid

To bring me their soulmate so I'll

Remember what I did

In my last longing second

Of violent protection

Bleeding the hand I was dealt

Despite my fear of death

With no hope of resurrection

The walls came down all by themselves