“Cutting My Fingers Off” was the lead single off of Turnover’s 2015 full-length album Peripheral Vision.
The overall concept of the album is that the narrator has a mental illness (most likely depression) and it goes through the various stages of his relationship with his girlfriend, who is being t...
[Verse 1]
I found a picture that we took when we brought in the new year
It's hard to see, but I remember
You wore a cocktail dress, ignored the goosebumps on your neck
The namesake of your outfit to keep you warm
[Verse 2]
You always said that every thought I had was geometric
I couldn't think outside my own lines
I hope you're alright love, I'm sorry that I wasted your time
Never had the intention to make you go
Ooh oh-oh oh
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
To make you go
To make you go, to make you go
I never wanted to make you go
You might be a stranger now
And I just wanted to let you know
That I meant what I said
And every dream I've ever had has been of myself
And every dream I've ever had's been of a
[Coda]
Better view with a ten-month summer
Losing you is like cutting my fingers off
And even with that summer
Without you, I'd rather cut my fingers off
Cutting My Fingers Off was produced by Will Yip.
Turnover released Cutting My Fingers Off on Mon May 04 2015.
Bass guitarist Dempsey told Billboard about the meaning of this song:
“Cutting My Fingers Off” is more of, things will go wrong in your life and at first you’ll think it’s okay. You and your girlfriend might be going through a breakup and at the start of it you might be thinking it doesn’t matter,...