Cut Me a Little Deeper

About This Song

Explores betrayal and broken trust on a personal and intimate scale.

Excerpted from the album page's "Composition & Themes" essay — no dedicated story for this specific song is published yet.

Performances

This Long Broken Road is released in three performer editions, each with its own real performance — durations differ by artist, not just persona.

Lyrics

You said you'd love me forever. Forsakin' all others, 'til death do us part. But you couldn't give up the others... This was doomed to fail, right from the start. Cut me a little deeper; is that how you play the game? Cut me a little deeper and tell me I was to blame. What did I do to deserve so much pain? You say you're washed in the blood, Garments all spotless, white as snow? One eye on me but the other strays, Chasing a life from your yesterdays. Cut me a little deeper; that's how you play the game? Cut me a little deeper, then tell me I was to blame. What did I do to deserve so much pain? Cut me a little deeper, then tell me I was to blame. What did I do to deserve so much pain? Was it worth all the hurt? The destruction of trust? Was it worth our future? Our dreams ground to dust? Our chance to be happy floated off with a gust. All those years wasted we'll never get back? Blowing it up and rebuilding from scratch? Your old friends got bored, now they've thrown you aside. And you're crawling back wrapped up in all of your lies. But I've got news that you're not gonna like, The sun's come out and there's no place to hide. Cut me a little deeper! That's the name of the game! Cut me a little deeper! You left me drowning in shame! Cut me a little deeper! There's no end to the blame! You used to tell me to change, But you've always been the same. Cut me a little deeper... It was all just a game... Come on and go a little deeper! Just a little bit deeper... 'Cause right now I can’t feel a thing!