Tift Merritt - Papercut lyrics

Under the skin, but no further in I've seen it before, I was hoping for more If I could choose, I'd rather bruise I'd just rather lose than hear another excuse You're just a papercut, I can't see why it would hurt I don't know why it would hurt, but it does I live in the air, that's open and bared I've never been scared of a little red You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt I can't see why it would hurt, but it does So I make my escape from all of this plastic tape Where you play it so straight, so safe, so safe My heart will open again, reach way down and deep in It won't take very long, this mark will be gone You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt I can't see why it would hurt, but it does