[Verse 1]
There's no more searchin' for answers
Better leave it anyway
You wonder how it'll feel like
When he gets to be your age
[Chorus]
And now I'm cuttin' off the corners
I'm circlin' the drain, I'm washin' out
I'm always lookin' for the answers
You're always beggin' me to let you out
[Verse 2]
When the apartment is empty
And the well has run dry
When it takes all the strength in your body
Just to keep it alive
Still see you everywhere I go
Before you shavеd your hair
It was you in the back seat
It was you in the back of thе crowd, I swear
[Chorus]
And now I'm cuttin' off the corners
I'm circlin' the drain, I'm washin' out
I'm always lookin' for the answers
You're always beggin' me to let you out
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
And now I'm cuttin' off the corners
I'm circlin' the drain, I'm washin' out
I'm always lookin' for the answers
You're always beggin' me to let you out
And now I'm clawin' at your back door
I'm crawlin' up the stairs where I saw you again
And I was sleepin' on your front porch
Yeah, I was beggin' you to let me in
Cutting Off The Corners was written by Steve Sladkowski & Zack Mykula & Nestor Chumak & Stefan Babcock.
Cutting Off The Corners was produced by PUP & Peter Katis.
PUP released Cutting Off The Corners on Fri Apr 01 2022.
With most PUP songs—even when I’m writing the real dark and serious things—I’m always trying to find that little glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, some silver lining or just some cathartic joy, and I very purposely avoided that as a crutch on this song. I don’t know how deep I want to get i...