Like Paper Cuts Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cheuse 

Cover art for Like Paper Cuts lyrics by Mew

it's a song of being fragile. being afraid to try something new like a new love and being broken because of the new love's failure to last.

it could also be about being tricked. paper seems harmless but it could give you one bad paper cut. he thought he finally found true love but it was all the same.

He's actually comparing paper cuts with the ability of words to wound a person. I interpret "I would that you/Spoke with no words/Like paper cuts they hurt" as "I wish you could show me how you feel without using words, because words have the potential to be too painful."