Cut Goes Deep

[Verse 1]
You only call when the sky goes grey
Never when you’re laughing loud in the middle of the day
You save me for the nights you can’t stand your own name
Treat my heart like a stair you just step on for the gain
I learned your patterns like the cracks in my phone
Same fight, same script, same ending alone
You say “you know I care,” but you throw that stone
Then act shocked when it shatters my bones
[Chorus]
This cut goes deep
Deeper than you think
You just see the tear
I just feel the sink
You walk away slow
I hold what you leave
You just see a scratch
But this cut goes deep, goes deep (yeah)
[Verse 2]
You text “you up?” like that counts as a prayer
Then ghost in the morning like I dreamed you there
You swear you’re honest, but you bend every truth
Shape it to fit all the lies you dilute
I kept receipts, every silence, every shrug
Every “I’m just tired” while you pull back the hug
You say “let’s move on, why you stuck in the past?”
’Cause healing takes time and your damage comes fast
[Chorus]
This cut goes deep
Deeper than you think
You just see the tear
I just feel the sink
You walk away slow
I hold what you leave
You just see a scratch
But this cut goes deep, goes deep
[Bridge]
You call it drama
I call it a scar
You say “it’s nothing”
I carry it far
You talk in circles
I talk in sleep
You got your freedom
I got it to keep
[Chorus]
This cut goes deep
Deeper than you think
You just see the tear
I just feel the sink
You walk away slow
I hold what you leave
You just see a scratch
But this cut goes deep, goes deep (goes deep)
Yeah, this cut goes deep

rap, Moody boom-bap with a detuned piano loop and dusty drums; intimate male vocals sitting close to the mic. Verses stay low and conversational, deep sub on the downbeats; hook widens with airy pads, doubled vocals, and a tucked-in choir texture. Subtle vinyl crackle and reversed hits between lines to keep it hypnotic, final chorus riding out with ad-libs and drops., deep, hip hop