Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Cuts like a knife

 
Songs that... "cut like a knife"


UK # 1, US # 7, CA # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, DK # 2, AT # 6, DE # 7, EU # 1, AU # 4, NZ # 3
Lyrics: I would promise you all of my life But to lose you would cut like a knife


US # 44, UK # 49, CA # 38, NL # 52, AU # 38, NZ # 10
Lyrics: It cuts both ways Our love is like a knife



US # 1, CA # 2, UK # 13, NL # 18, SE # 20, DE # 38, AU # 16, NZ # 8
Lyrics: Though it's been a while now I can still feel so much pain Like a knife that cuts you



US # 6, UK # 5, IE # 1, CA # 12, BE # 1, NL # 1, AU # 12, NZ # 10
Lyrics:  Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull




Uncharted single.
Lyrics: Knife, cuts like a knife How will I ever heal? I'm so deeply wounded


NL # 2, BE # 2
Lyrics: You're just going through the motions I know that it cuts like a knife



Uncharted single
Lyrics: They said you're in love again And I tried to hide my pain I was buried in my bed With your pictures in my head You were living another life It cuts me like a knife I hope you understand I'm the one who's left behind




US # 1, UK # 2, IE # 1, CA # 1, NL # 2, BE # 3, DE 3 18, AT # 20, AU # 12, NZ # 4
Lyrics: Losing you It cut like a knife



US # 10, UK # 3, NL # 13, CH # 97, AU # 17, NZ # 6
Lyrics: She's out of my life And I don't know whether to laugh or cry I don't know whether to live or die And it cuts like a knife





Knives in songs


Delilah - TOM JONES (1968)
Lyrics: She stood there laughing I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

(I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena - SANDRA (1985)
Lyrics: You take my love You want my soul I would be crazy to share your life Why can't you see what I am? Sharpen the senses and turn the knife Hurt me and you'll understand



Under Construction


April Skies - THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN (1987)
Lyrics: Hand in hand in a violent life Making love on the edge of a knife And the world comes tumbling down

Bad For Good - MEAT LOAF (2006)
Lyrics: The icy cold will cut us like a knife in the dark

Butterfly On A Wheel - THE MISSION (1990)
Lyrics: There's no scarlet in you, lay your veil down for me As sure as God made wine, you can't wrap your arms around a memory Take warmth from me, cold autumn wind cut sharp as a knife And in the dark for me, you're the candle flame that flickers to life

Close My Eyes Forever - LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE (1988)
Lyrics: Like a dagger, you stick me in the heart And taste the blood from my blade

Cuts Like A Knife - BRYAN ADAMS (1983)
Lyrics: Now it cuts like a knife! But it feels so right

Don't Wanna Fall In Love - JANE CHILD (1990)
Lyrics: Love cuts just like a knife

Fantasy - ALDO NOVA (1982)
Lyrics: City life sure is cool, but it cuts like a knife (like a knife), it's your life

Fools Gold - THE STONE ROSES (1989)
Lyrics: The pack on my back is aching The straps seem to cut me like a knife

The Girl That I Call Home - TEARS FOR FEARS (2004)
Lyrics: You dipped your toe into the water But you never thought an ordinary life Could cut you like a knife

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - NEIL DIAMOND (1967), URGE OVERKILL (1992)
Lyrics: I've been misunderstood for all of my life But what they're saying, girl, just cuts like a knife "The boy's no good"

I Go To Extremes - BILLY JOEL (1989)
Lyrics: Call me a joker, call me a fool Right at this moment I'm totally cool Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife I feel like I'm in the prime of my life

If I Could Turn Back Time - CHER (1989)
Lyrics: Pride's like a knife, it can cut deep inside Words are like weapons, they wound sometimes

It's A Jungle Out There - BONNIE TYLER (1983)
Lyrics: The lonely and the lonely heart hunters The neon love life, oh, it cuts like a knife

Maniac - MICHAEL SEMBELLO (1983)
Lyrics: It can cut you like a knife If the gift becomes the fire On the wire between will and what will be

New Religion - DURAN DURAN (1982)
Lyrics: You know this peacetime jabbing fist ‘n stabbing knife Only get one look before you die

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - GENE PITNEY (1967), MARC ALMOND feat. GENE PITNEY (1988)
Lyrics: Something's gotten into my life Cutting it's way through my dreams like a knife

Take Me To Church - HOZIER (2013)
Lyrics: I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife

Thieves Like Us - NEW ORDER (1984)
Lyrics: It's called love And it cuts your life like a broken knife, no

We Close Our Eyes - GO WEST (1985)
Lyrics: Inside, everyone hides one desire Outside, no one would know Danger, close to the edge of the knife Safer not to let go

Wheel Of Fortune - ACE OF BASE (1992)
Lyrics: Hey you We're gonna make your move It tastes like steel Like a stab from a knife

Winter Song - CHRIS REA (1991)
Lyrics: How it cuts like a sabre How it chills to the bone

You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget - YNGWIE MALMSTEEN feat. MARK BOALS (1986)
Lyrics: Without you, there is no meaning to my life You're gone and it cuts me like a knife How could you leave me?

You Keep It All In - THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1989)
Lyrics: That's right The conversation we had last night When all I wanted to do was knife you in the heart I kept it all in

You Know I'm No Good - AMY WINEHOUSE (2007)
Lyrics: Then you notice likkle carpet burn My stomach drop and my guts churn You shrug, and it's the worst Who truly stuck the knife in first?

Yout Time Is Gonna Come - RUSS BALLARD (1985)
Lyrics: You with the pain that cuts like a knife (Your time is gonna come)


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