Herzogin vom Viertel - Paper Cuts Lyrics

[Intro]
Digital fingerprints all over my soul
Screenshots of trust that you stole
Ain't no bandage can fix these wounds
When paper cuts run deeper than the truth

[Verse 1]
Borrowed time in the youth center's haze
Spittin' bars while the world's in a maze
Built these tracks from the ground up slow
Now my unfinished thoughts on public display, yo
Nina with the snake moves, hit delete on loyalty
Leaked my demos like they're free commodities
Each bar was sacred, now it's viral content
My creative space defiled, yeah, that's some bullshit

[Chorus]
Paper cuts and digital scars
Trust bleeding out in megabytes and bars
Can't own shit in this viral parade
When love's just content that gets played
(Gets played, gets played)

[Verse 2]
Remember when music was just you and me?
Before the world went masked and screens became reality
Now my voice echoes through feeds I can't control
While you're out there acting like you didn't know
Turkish melodies in my DNA still flowing
Through these industrial beats, keep me growing
But every notification's like another slice
In this game of exposure, paying privacy's price

[Bridge]
They say art belongs to everyone
But my soul ain't free for your fun
Each track's a piece of my flesh
Now I'm bleeding out in this digital mess

[Verse 3]
Youth center walls can't protect me now
In this wireless world where trust takes a bow
Every demo's like a diary page
That you ripped and scattered across the digital stage
F*ck your screenshots and your cloud uploads
My unfinished thoughts ain't yours to expose
But I'm still here, still creating heat
While you're just another virus on my beat

[Chorus]
Paper cuts and digital scars
Trust bleeding out in megabytes and bars
Can't own shit in this viral parade
When love's just content that gets played
(Gets played, gets played)

[Outro]
Digital fingerprints fade with time
But these paper cuts, they stay in line
Next time I trust, I'm encrypting my soul
'Cause some wounds only make you grow