Kira Rae - Paper Trail Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ink-stained fingers, age ten and three
Dear diary, keep my secrets for me
Daddy's jazz notes hidden in the attic above
Each page holds the weight of an unspoken love

[Pre-Chorus]
Tearing out memories, one by one
Like photographs fading in the sun
Can't piece together what's already gone
But these paper cuts, they keep bleeding on

[Chorus]
Paper trail, paper trail
Following breadcrumbs through my veins
Every page tells a different tale
Of beautiful wounds that never fade
Paper trail, paper trail
Scattered pieces of my brain
Some stories better left unsaid
In journals underneath my bed

[Verse 2]
Caribbean lullabies mama used to sing
Echo through the pages of everything
Found his compositions, yellowed and worn
Stories of a man I never really saw

[Bridge]
Sometimes I write just to feel alive
Document the chaos just to survive
These words are all I have to show
For all the pieces that let me go
F*ck these perfect bound emotions
Drowning in this paper ocean

[Chorus]
Paper trail, paper trail
Following breadcrumbs through my veins
Every page tells a different tale
Of beautiful wounds that never fade
Paper trail, paper trail
Scattered pieces of my brain
Some stories better left unsaid
In journals underneath my bed

[Outro]
Dear diary, I'm still that girl
Trying to make sense of this world
But these pages don't hold answers anymore
Just beautiful wounds and an open door