Day out, day in
It's the alarm versus me
And the snooze button wins.
I've been waking all my life
To become what I'm going to be.
I'm a crone, la da da da da da
A headstone

Day out, day in
And begin again

Day out, day in
Recycle bins
Cash out, cash in
Debit pins
Day out, day in
The paper cuts my skin again
Skin again

Cash out, cash in
I can burn all I earn
On some weakness or whim
Without thinking
I'm a mark for their marketing plans
I'm Americancer
A Myspace romancer

Cash out, cash in
And begin again

Day out, day in
Recycle bins
Cash out, cash in
Debit pins
Day out, day in
The paper cuts my skin again
Skin again

Day out, day in
Vitamins
Give out, give in
Vicodins
Day out, day in
The paper cuts my skin again
Skin again
Skin again
Skin again

All ye, all ye, come home free
Olly Olly oxen free
Day in, day out
I call time out

All ye, all ye, come home free
Olly Olly oxen free
Day in, day out
I call time out
I call time out

Give out, give in
If a man's hands show his trade does it suit me then
This papercut skin that makes me wince with each hand
I'm required to
Shake, shake, shake, shake

Day out, day in
Recycle bins
Cash out, cash in
Debit pins
Day out, day in
The paper cuts my skin again
Skin again

Day out, day in
Vitamins
Give out, give in
Vicodins
Day out, day in
The paper cuts my skin again
Skin again
Skin again
Skin again

I call time out
Olly Olly oxen free



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Papercut Skin Lyrics as written by Jonathan Devoto John Feldmann

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    SWEET! First poster for this fucking song. Sad that I really don't have anything vital to add as far as song meaning goes. I really suck when it comes to interpretations of lyrics. But really, isn't that the beauty of songs anyway? The fact that everyone sees it differently?

    Anyway...

    This song is definitely about money, to me. The money being what cuts his skin. He's a 'mark for their marketing plans' which to me means that he's falling into what most bands do when they try to make it big. They have to change their style of their songs or whatever, not because they want to, but because someone else thinks that it's good marketing. It's the reason why most bands wear eyeliner, tight pants, and dangle their hair infront of their eyes these days. It's what's in right now. A band dressed like that is more likely to get higher sales because fan girls can swoon over them and quiver at the sight of them, and fan boys can carry on the trend.

    And to me, it's like he's saying that it has gotten so bad that he doesn't even want to wake up in the morning.. hence the first verse. And also, the part where he says he's calling 'Time out'. It means he's ending the 'game' and calling 'ollie ollie oxen free' so that everyone can come out of hiding. Maybe he's sick of all the marketing bullshit and having money be the basis for everything.

    Or that meaning could be a bunch of shit. Who knows? Who cares?

    The good thing is, I've been listening to The Matches for atleast a year now.. and I was lucky enough to see them in late July when they were touring with Action Action at the Agora. They were fucking awesome live. Even when Shawn fucked up the words in 'Sick Little Suicide'.

    You gotta love this band. Even if you hate Decomposer. The Matches are just... awesome.

    And fuck if I have any typos. I don't care.

    Bummerxon September 17, 2006   Link

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