Time recedes With a fatal drop On the mountain top Cut the cord if you can She's so crazy She's so lazy Keeps on coming

I've just gotta do it, I shouldn't overthink it Can't change it, can't make this nightmare go away Cause I don't even sleep, I'm wide awake On the count of 1, 2, 3, I'll go ahead and cut the cord Maybe in the ruins, I'll finally see the reason So on the

This world can hurt you It cuts you deep and leaves a scar Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart Well, there's broken silence By thunder crashing in the dark (crash in the dark) And this broken record Spin endless circles in the bar (spin

Well, there's broken silence By thunder crashing in the dark (Crash in the dark) And this broken record Spin endless circles in the bar (Spin 'round in the bar) This world can hurt you It cuts you deep and leaves a scar Things fall apart, but nothing

Now they'll know First a spark Then a flame Into the darkest of nights Cut the cord Lines are dead

I'm letting go oh oh oh oh On the count of one, two, three I'll go ahead and cut the cord I've just gotta do it Maybe in the ruins I'll finally see the reason Can't change it, can't make this nightmare go away 'Cause I don't even sleep, I'm wide awake I

Hold the phone Got me foaming at the knees Saw the flame, tasted sin You burned me once again Cut the cord, she's a creep Way back way back way back I've been trying real hard

(Freedom, la la la la) Don't be a casualty, cut the cord So cultivate and plant the seed I'm gonna make it rain, so ring the bell I know it all too well Switchblade on the edge of your wrist 'Cause agony brings no reward For one more hit and one last

Hold the phone You got me foamin' at the knees Saw the flame tasted sin You burned me once again Cut the cord, she's a creep I've been tryin' real hard

Go, go, go, little queenie Standin' over by the record machine Looking like a model On the cover of a magazine She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen I got lumps in my throat When I saw her comin' down the aisle I got the wiggles in my knees When