Running With Scissors Lyrics – Cavetown | from “Running With Scissors”

Cavetown is charging into the unknown with Running With Scissors, his rawest album yet dropping January 16, 2026 via Futures Music Group, and the title track captures that dizzy rush of chasing truth even when it stings.

This one’s Robin Skinner at his most cyclical and weary, staring down the idea that life just loops back on itself—lines bending into circles, intersections you can’t escape, all while begging to forget the weight of it. The sound stays true to his bedroom roots but with a fuller edge: gentle acoustic strums giving way to an instrumental outro that drifts like smoke, letting the repetition in the chorus (“I wanna forget everything”) build into something almost hypnotic.

It’s introspective indie-folk with a touch of lo-fi haze, produced by Robin himself, themes circling inherited patterns, family resemblances that sting, and that shared human mess of running headfirst into trouble while pretending it’s fate. The mirror lines hit especially hard—seeing your parents in someone, rushing like a river, everyone in drag or kicking the can down the road—it’s vulnerability wrapped in quiet frustration, a plea to be seen without the baggage.

The album itself is a 13-track deep dive into growth’s messy side, born from two years of personal unraveling. It kicks off with the airy “Skip” and weaves through “Cryptid”‘s shadowy doubts, “Rainbow Gal”‘s tender love notes (already out as a single), “Baby Spoon”‘s quiet comforts, “NPC”‘s dissociation haze, “Reaper”‘s heavier shadows, “Straight Through My Head (DO IT!!!)”‘s frantic energy, “Tarmac”‘s road-worn reflections, “No Bark No Bite”‘s subtle warnings, “Micah”‘s intimate snapshots, “Sailboat” featuring Chloe Moriondo’s warm harmonies, and “First Time”‘s fresh-start ache before landing on the title track. The whole thing pulses with ideas of masculinity, identity, anxiety, and connection—think childhood safety rules twisted into adult reckonings, all set against a sonic shift toward darker, more textured layers that feel like stepping out of a familiar room into sharper light.

Right now, Cavetown’s in this electric phase of expansion, channeling his journey as a trans artist into songs that hit harder and heal deeper. After records like Worm Food traded whimsy for warmth, this one’s his quiet revolution—trading safety nets for the thrill of the run, pulling listeners along as he figures out what it means to carry forward without cutting ties.

Dive into the Running With Scissors lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Running With Scissors tracks for more of Cavetown’s raw growth.