Paper Machete

Album: In Times New Roman... (2023)
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  • They're out to get you aren't they?
    The kids, the man, the chicks, the breaks
    They don't care what you think anymore
    It doesn't matter anyway
    Joan of Arc, victim, perpetrator
    Just a paper machete

    The truth is just a piece of clay
    You sculpt, you change, you hide then you erase
    You think you're brave? All the plans you made
    Behind my back and from far away?
    Truth is, face to face, you're a coward
    Sharp as a paper machete

    Now I know you'd use anything, anyone
    To make yourself look clean
    In sickness, no vows mean anything
    So long cruelty
    So long, too late
    So long, my love is dead

    Is there nothing you cannot replace?
    You speak lioness and damsel in distress so fluently
    Does your every single relation end in pain and misery?

    You're a paper machete
    You're a paper machete Writer/s: Dean Fertita, Jon Theodore, Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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