Lyrics by A.J. Butler

[Verse 1]
Six years back, you walked in
No face, no name, no shape
Just loyalty in a black coat
Compassion with a blade

You wore destruction like silk
Like perfume choking the room
My friends said, "There's nothing there"
But I knew your cold perfume

You locked your arms around me
Like a lover going to war
I let you in, I held you close
Then I begged you at the door

[Pre-Chorus]
You lived in the halls of my head
You fed on every breath
I called you friend, I called you kin
But you were dressed in death

[Chorus]
Cut depression off
Cut depression off
Take the knife from my mind
Cut depression off

Cut depression off
Cut depression off
I was bleeding in the dark
Now I'm cutting you off

[Verse 2]
You sat with me through midnight
You sat on every thought
You turned my name against my mouth
Till silence was what I bought

My best friend, my makeshift lover
My strongest enemy
You had no body in the room
But you were killing me

My family said you weren't real
My friends would shake their heads
But I could feel your sharpened hand
Pressing down on my chest

[Pre-Chorus]
You wore me thin, you wore me out
You made my spirit small
I heard the rust of breaking chains
And I answered the call

[Chorus]
Cut depression off
Cut depression off
Take the knife from my mind
Cut depression off

Cut depression off
Cut depression off
I was bleeding in the dark
Now I'm cutting you off

[Bridge]
I am not your graveyard
I am not your throne
I am not the corridor
Where you make your home

I choose the pulse, I choose the roar
I choose the lungs to scream
I choose to break your fingers
Off the edge of me

[Breakdown]
Cut it off
Cut it off
Not tonight
Not my life

Cut it off
Cut it off
Break your hold
Let me rise

[Final Chorus]
Cut depression off
Cut depression off
Take the knife from my mind
Cut depression off

Cut depression off
Cut depression off
You don't get to own my blood
I am cutting you off

Cut depression off
Cut depression off
Six years of shadows burned
And I'm cutting you off

Crying up the mountain, you don't know you're halfway there
Head tucked in your hands you're asking why
Take a ticket from a stranger
To a fool's gold paradise
You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise

Sitting alone on a Saturday, you ask yourself again
Why it is you stay inside yourself
Not letting anybody in
Mask the pain with a bottle
Watch the world from a corner of the bar
Enter perfect stranger, on the perfect night
He asks you to believe in magic
That's what he calls his morning flight

You don't see your inner beauty
Or that your worth so much more
So, you settle for the sidelines
And ignore the open door

Crying up the mountain, you don't know you're halfway there
Head tucked in your hands you're asking why
Take a ticket from a stranger
To a fool's gold paradise
You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise

You're almost seventeen, my friend
All your life you've been alone
Never seemed to quite fit in
Enter perfect, broken man
Who offers you the world
He tells you to believe in magic
How rapidly 17 turns 40

You don't see the love in front of you
The friends who call you strong
Or the difference that you make
So, you don't see this is wrong

Crying up the mountain, you don't know you're halfway there
Head tucked in your hands you're asking why
Take a ticket from a stranger
To a fool's gold paradise
You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise

I've had a run with fool's gold
What I didn't understand
Was that the treasure I climbed for
Was already in my hand
So, I traded my blessings
For an imaginary high

Crying up the mountain, you don't know you're halfway there
Head tucked in your hands you're asking why
Take a ticket from a stranger
To a fool's gold paradise
You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise

You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise
You can't see that his heaven
Is a prison in disguise
It's a prison in disguise
In disguise
In disguise

[Verse 1]
I got this off my chest
Now the room feels thin
I came in holding pieces
I came in wearing skin
The hurt runs hot and heavy
I can't map where it ends
I'm numb in every corner
Still I sit here with my friend

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep saying I'm okay
But my hands still shake
I keep calling it a phase
But it won't just break
My thoughts get loud and ugly
Then they crawl right in
I hate how deep they cut me
I hate where they begin

[Chorus]
I'm past the point of broken
Past the point of pride
I'm tired of the leaving
Tired of the fight
Don't let me go under
Don't let me disappear
I'm past the point of broken
But I'm still here

[Verse 2]
I'm tired of the funerals
Tired of goodbye rain
Tired of playing armor
Tired of naming pain
Tired of feeling burden
Tired of taking blame
Tired of watching me
Turn into my own shame

[Pre-Chorus]
I want one good morning
One honest laugh
One warm hand reaching
And pulling me back
I want to feel my name again
In a voice that's kind
I want the world to meet me
Before it changes my mind

[Chorus]
I'm past the point of broken
Past the point of pride
I'm tired of the leaving
Tired of the fight
Don't let me go under
Don't let me disappear
I'm past the point of broken
But I'm still here

[Bridge]
If I go quiet, stay
If I fold, don't leave
If I start to drown again
Pull hard on me
I don't need a miracle
Just a steady hand
A dog at my feet
And someone who understands

[Final Chorus]
I'm past the point of broken
Past the point of pride
I'm tired of the leaving
Tired of the fight
Don't let me go under
Don't let me disappear
I'm past the point of broken
But I'm still here

I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here