If You Live By the Sword, You Die By the Sword Lyrics

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Cover art for If You Live By the Sword, You Die By the Sword lyrics by And Then I Turned Seven

I open my eyes, But I still manage to dream. And this cold bathroom floor, Now just feels like home to me. Well I stumble to the mirror, And I naturally start to clean. But my bodys scorned with marks, I say "These arn't the last lines that I'll see"

  • "These arn't the last lines that I'll see" knowing that you'll cut again.

But this rope has tied me down, And the knot keeps tightening. 'Cause I'm just a puppet, Dangeling from this breaking string. And maybe I'll turn this blade the other way, And roll up my sleaves to let the scars show my mistakes.

  • Shows a person who self-injures who feels they have no control over their life, often this is why people cut, to feel the pain and see the blood, to prove they are real.

I can't breathe, I'm in need. Where's my crimson saviour? No I won't crawl back just to bleed, Forgive me, I promise I'll stay clean.

  • Crimson saviour being the blood, often the whole point of cutting is to see the blood, its such a relief and it becomes addictive, each time you do it, you want to see more and more blood.