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Give me your hand and I will hold it forever
On my nightstand, in a box with your love letters
I love you dear and I know we will not be parted
I'll keep you near, scattered round my apartment
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you
Give me your hair, just a lock will do
An old photograph to capture the spirit of you
Well I'll keep these things wrapped up in an old cotton blouse
The one you wore that summer before your love petered out
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you
Laid on my bed, a beautiful mess, my whole world, jigsaw girl
You gave me your hand, you gave me your hand
And I don't understand why you don't want it back
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you, never lose you
Oh yeah tell you true I'll never lose you
On my nightstand, in a box with your love letters
I love you dear and I know we will not be parted
I'll keep you near, scattered round my apartment
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you
Give me your hair, just a lock will do
An old photograph to capture the spirit of you
Well I'll keep these things wrapped up in an old cotton blouse
The one you wore that summer before your love petered out
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you
Laid on my bed, a beautiful mess, my whole world, jigsaw girl
You gave me your hand, you gave me your hand
And I don't understand why you don't want it back
This is not the same world you live in
And I could breathe easier once I brought you back in
You are not the same girl you have been
I promise I'll never lose you, never lose you
Oh yeah tell you true I'll never lose you
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@T.C.: It's mainly these lines that made it seem that she was cut up... well, reading it in a very literal sense I mean. Actually I'm gonna just update my interpretation since my last comment was two years ago:
"Give me your hand, and I will hold it forever on my nightstand, in a box with your love letters." (reading these four lines as one sentence) Although of course it can be the hand symbolizing her love or something similar as opposed to her actual hand.
"I'll keep you near, scattered around my apartment." Either her body parts or things that remind him of her (and "I'll" kinda shows that he hasn't yet which I have to point out for the next quote...)
"Laid on my bed, a beautiful mess. My whole world, Jigsaw girl." Her body parts being a beautiful mess (or the items mentioned in the second verse having been gathered) on the bed.
"You gave me your hand. I don't understand why you don't want it back." He's desperate to bring her back to life but she refuses to come back to life (rejecting her own hand), mainly because bringing people back to life is impossible. Although it could also mean that she gave him her love, but she doesn't want it back.
If he had killed her and cut up her body, he would be able to literally keep her for himself forever (unless someone finds out, etc) as he said "I promised I'll never lose you" (making the promise "true" (last line) by keeping her body) and would maybe imagine as if she were alive, even though she wouldn't actually be "there". But because she isn't really "there" he would feel less guilty ("I could breathe easier") if he were able to bring her back to life.
But yeah, I do see Destructingbeauty's interpretation though... Actually ever since I've read the comment when it was posted, I've been going with both interpretations. I mean both symbolize obsession regardless, just one is her body parts symbolizing her and the other is specific items symbolizing her.