[Verse 1]

Mama always told me, "Don't you run

Don't you run with scissors, son

You're gonna hurt someone"

Mama told me, "Look before you leap

Always think before you speak

And watch the friends you keep"

[Pre-Chorus]

Stay along the beaten path

Never listened when she said

[Chorus]

Sharp edges have consequences, I

Guess that I had to find out for myself

Sharp edges have consequences, now

Every scar is a story I can tell

[Verse 2]

Should've played it safer from the start

Loved you like a house of cards

Let it fall apart

But all the things I couldn't understand

Never could've planned

They made me who I am

Put your nose in paperbacks

Instead of smoking cigarettes

These are years you're never getting back

[Pre-Chorus]

Stay along the beaten path

Never listened when she said

[Chorus]

Sharp edges have consequences, I

Guess that I had to find out for myself

Sharp edges have consequences, now

Every scar is a story I can tell

[Bridge]

We all fall down

We live somehow

We learn what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

We all fall down

We live somehow

We learn what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Pre-Chorus]

Stay along the beaten path

Never listened when she said

[Chorus]

Sharp edges have consequences, I

Guess that I had to find out for myself

Sharp edges have consequences, now

Every scar is a story I can tell

[Outro]

We all fall down

We live somehow

We learn what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

We all fall down

We live somehow

We learn what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh