Cover art for Paper Shoes by Incubus

Paper Shoes

Nov. 28, 20061 viewer

Paper Shoes Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I fly
I soar
This I adore

[Pre-Chorus]
And then like a locomotive
The sound of your sorrow comes

[Chorus]
I’m tired of the way that it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better
But I think I've outgrown that horsehair sweater
I’d rather be alone
You’re about as reliable as paper shoes in bad weather
But pain will roll off like water on feather

[Verse 2]
You fly
You soar

[Pre-Chorus]
And then like a locomotive
The sound of your sorrow comes

[Chorus]
I’m tired of the way that it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better
But I think I've outgrown that horsehair sweater
I’d rather be on my own
You’re about as reliable as paper shoes in bad weather
But pain will roll off like water on feathers
[Chorus]
I’m tired of the way that it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better
But I think I've outgrown that horsehair sweater
I’d rather be on my own
You’re about as reliable as paper shoes in bad weathers
But pain will roll off like water on feathers

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Recorded At
Southern Tracks Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA
Release Date
November 28, 2006
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