Lys Vert - Paper Cut Lyrics

[Intro]
Paper cuts and coffee cups
Smiles that hide the truth from us
In these glass towers where we bleed
They call it progress, I call it disease

[Verse 1]
Suit and tie, straighten up, play their game
Dad broke his back while they forgot his name
Now I'm in meetings where they nod and smile
Performing ally bullshit, it drives me wild
These cubicle walls can't contain my rage
While they post black squares like it's center stage
"We value diversity" - man, that's rich
When every boardroom's whiter than a witch

[Chorus]
Paper cuts don't make you scream
But they bleed, yeah they bleed
In this corporate fever dream
We deceive just to breathe
Every email's got me drowning
In their fake-ass concerning
While my people keep on grinding
Through their polite burning

[Verse 2]
Keyboard clicks like time bombs in my head
Remembering what my old man said
"Keep your head down, son, just get paid"
But every meeting feels like a masquerade
They love my "culture" when it's profitable
But silence me when shit gets political
Leila knows the score, she sees right through
These progressive masks they claim are true

[Bridge]
Kompa rhythms in my bloodstream
Fighting through their white noise machine
They want us docile, want us clean
But revolution's in my genes, yeah

[Verse 3]
Every microphone's a weapon now
Every handshake's got me wondering how
Long before they show their true face
When the profit margins need some space
But I'm too sharp, too aware to break
Got dad's wisdom keeping me awake
In this game of corporate pretend
Where paper cuts never seem to end

[Outro]
Still bleeding, still breathing
Still fighting, still scheming
In these towers of glass and steel
Where nothing's ever what it seems to feel