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Death By A Thousand Cuts by Taylor Swift

Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
I (1)________ through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's still (2)____________________ here
'Cause I can't pretend it's ok (3)________ it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts
I (4)__________ to kill my time
I take the long way home
I ask the (5)______________ lights if it'll be all right
They say "I don't know"
And what (6)________ was ours is no one's now
I see you everywhere
The only thing we share
Is this small town
You said it was a great love
One for the ages
If the story's over
Why am I still writing pages?
Saying goodbye is death by a (7)________________ cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
I look (8)______________ the (9)______________ of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier still flickering here
'Cause I can't (10)______________ it's okay when it's not
It's death by a (11)________________ cuts
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
Trying to find a part of me that you didn't touch
Gave up on me (12)________ I was a bad drug
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
Our songs, our films, (13)____________ we stand
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
Quiet my fears (14)________ the touch of (15)________ hand
Paper cut (16)____________ from our (17)__________ thin plans
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
Trying to find a part of me you didn't take up
Gave you too much but it wasn't enough
But I'll be all right, it's just a thousand cuts
I get drunk but it's not enough
'Cause you're not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's (18)__________ flickering here
'Cause I can't pretend it's ok when it's not
No, it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts
Trying to find a part of me that you didn't touch
My body, my love
My trust
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
I take the long way home
I ask the traffic (19)____________ if it'll be all right
They say "I don't know"
Answers:
(1) look(2) flickering(3) when(4) dress(5) traffic(6) once(7) thousand(8) through(9) windows(10) pretend(11) thousand(12) like(13) united(14) with(15) your(16) stings(17) paper(18) still(19) lights