Cutting chords

[AM]The pain and distress that I am [F]going through
[AM]the sense of release that this is [F]leading to
I open [AM]up from within[F]
I feel the [AM]knife go sinking in [F]

[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in, I'm [F]cutting
[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in I'm [F]cutting, cutting, cutting

[AM]the sadness emptiness and [F]rage
[AM]I've felt this way since I come of [F]age
the [AM]fear when I hear a mans voic[F]e
reminding [AM]me that I have no ch[F]oice

[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in I'm [F]cutting
[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in, I'm [F]cutting cutting cutting

[AM]the pain that I let [F]loose
[AM]is like a witness to my a[F]buse
my [AM]heart my feelings [F]torn
it's like I've been [AM]cursed since the day I was bo[F]rn

[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in I'm [F]cutting
[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in I'm [F]cutting cutting cutting

[AM]the sharpness of the steel the [F]stinging of the blade
[AM]the tearing of my skin the [F]blood stained mess I made
[AM]I can't go on like this I [F]feel so insecure
[AM]I only want to heal myself so [F]I can cut some more

[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in i'm [F]cutti
[C]the steel against my [G]skin is slipping [AM]in i'm [F]cutting cutting cutting