ICON FOR HIRE-Under The Knife (Official Lyric Video)

The Emo Dreams Tour starts September 13, 2023! Get your tickets at www.iconforhire.net!

Tour Dates:
9/13/2023   Greenville, SC - The Radio Room             
9/15/2023   Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
9/16/2023   Elmira, NY - The L (The Pit)
9/17/2023   Leesburg, VA - Tally Ho Theater
9/18/2023   Mechanicsburg, PA - Lovedraft's
9/19/2023   Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom                 
9/20/2023   Brooklyn, NY - Kingsland
9/22/2023   Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace
9/23/2023   Erie, PA - Basement Transmissions
9/24/2023   Lakewood, OH - The Winchester
9/25/2023   Columbus, OH - A&R Bar
9/26/2023   Indianapolis, IN - Hoosier Dome
9/27/2023   Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection                 
9/29/2023   Joliet, IL - The Forge
9/30/2023   Des Moines, IA - Leftys
10/1/2023   Fargo, ND - The Aquarium                    
10/3/2023   Billings, MT - Pub Station
10/4/2023   Great Falls, MT - The Newberry                   
10/6/2023   Boise, ID - The Shredder
10/7/2023   Spokane, WA - The Big Dipper
10/8/2023   Seattle, WA - El Corazon                  
10/10/2023  San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar
10/12/2023  Fresno, CA - Full Circle Brewing
10/13/2023  Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues (Parish Room)
10/14/2023  Los Angeles, CA - The Mint
10/15/2023  San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick               
10/17/2023  Las Vegas, NV - The Space
10/18/2023  Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/19/2023  El Paso, TX - Rockhouse
10/20/2023  Roswell, NM - The Liberty
10/21/2023  Lubbock, TX - Jake's
10/22/2023  San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger                  
10/24/2023  Houston, TX - Scout Bar
10/25/2023  Corpus Christi, TX - House Of Rock             
10/27/2023  Destin, FL - Club LA
10/28/2023  Winter Park, FL - Conduit
10/29/2023  Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly
10/30/2023  Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell)
10/31/2023  Memphis, TN - Growlers

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Lyrics
This is the song I’m too scared to write
But some of you may need it tonight

Oh there you were, heart made of glass
fragile little thing, shattered too fast
tried to pick the pieces up up up
and that’s the way you first got cut cut cut

Devil drew you in, you didn’t let it show
didn’t want the others to ever have to know
that you were getting hooked on up up up
and all you had to do was cut cut cut

You carved a special place for your pain
so it came back to hurt you every night
you closed your eyes and wished it all away
until you disappeared under the knife

You knew the deal, no one gives a damn
just another needy kid, sob story in hand
keep your secrets covered up up up
we don’t need another cut cut cut

But you couldn’t hide a heart made of glass
You put yourself together with all the strength you had
You were finally fed up up up
finally had to scream enough

You carved a special place for your pain
so it came back to hurt you every night
you closed your eyes and wished it all away
until you disappeared under the knife

Listen- I know it’s simplified from the other side
it’s easy to gloss over all the messy reasons why
and it’s easy to forget where you’ve been
I guess that’s what the scars are for, huh?

When we were 15 we wouldn’t dare let that shit be seen
but now it seems mutilation’s gone mainstream
I see you at my shows, scarred up from head to toe
like there’s no point even trying not to let it show

Cause we all know, emo kids like to hurt themselves
too many feelings and not enough self control
and I mean, does this mess any of the rest of you
it’s an epidemic and we’re cool with it, don’t question it

But it bothers me, our scars are currency by which we’re measured
like let the record show who let it slip and who held it together
cutters and burners and honorable mentions
posers who still cut themselves up for the attention

I don’t care your intentions, I just want you to know
my self-hatred never took me where I wanted to go
and at the end of the day, you know I still had to face
that I can pick at the pain, but can’t cut it away

and you know what else I can’t do is give you ten good reasons not to
I’ve racked my brain for clever sayings of all the things you ought to do
But you know, I think if there was something I could say
They’d have thrown it on a brochure- and sent you on your way

So I’ll keep doing what I always do: drag my heart to the piano and make it sing for you
I’ll keep doing what I always do: drag my heart to the piano and let it sing for you

Drag my heart to the piano and let it sing for you