Papercuts
As I talk to my friends I can pretend to be social
Once I get in the groove I start to loosen up a little
But back at the office I keep my hands in my pockets with their potential
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a hoot
I know I don't look good in a suit
As I play with the band I can pretend to be myself
and to be creative, tho it just feels the same as anything else
But back at the office I couldn't help but notice I couldn't fake how I fel
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a shit
I know I don't intend to stay with it
When I'm offended I can pretend it doesn't bother me
When it's over my head I can pretend I understand it perfectly
But back at the office I seem standoffish when I'm just content to be unhappy
I pretend carefully because eventually it's what we become
And back at the office I know I'm not this person
Back at the office I can't stop this feeling from coming on
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a fuck
I guess success on paper feels more like paper-cuts
And all the boys in the background were just noise to drown out
Like poison in the well, but I'm not buying what they're trying to sell
Once I get in the groove I start to loosen up a little
But back at the office I keep my hands in my pockets with their potential
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a hoot
I know I don't look good in a suit
As I play with the band I can pretend to be myself
and to be creative, tho it just feels the same as anything else
But back at the office I couldn't help but notice I couldn't fake how I fel
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a shit
I know I don't intend to stay with it
When I'm offended I can pretend it doesn't bother me
When it's over my head I can pretend I understand it perfectly
But back at the office I seem standoffish when I'm just content to be unhappy
I pretend carefully because eventually it's what we become
And back at the office I know I'm not this person
Back at the office I can't stop this feeling from coming on
Oh man, I can't pretend to give a fuck
I guess success on paper feels more like paper-cuts
And all the boys in the background were just noise to drown out
Like poison in the well, but I'm not buying what they're trying to sell
Credits
Writer(s): Thomas Coombes
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
© 2025 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.