"Cut" is a single from Plumb's album ''

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, " The Turning Point".

Song meaning

Plumb wrote the song about

self harm Self-harm is intentional behavior that is considered harmful to oneself. This is most commonly regarded as direct injury of one's own skin tissues usually without a suicidal intention. Other terms such as cutting, self-injury and self-mutilatio ...

(cutting). She was quoted in an interview saying that the song was "inspired by a girl involved in self- injury. It encompasses truth and beauty within such a painful subject, which metaphorically suggests the ability for goodness to come out of anguish."

Track listing

*Radio Edit single #"Cut" (Bronleewe & Bose radio edit) — 4:06 *The Remixes single #"Cut" (Bronleewe & Bose club mix) — 5:53 #"Cut" (

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Monster mix) — 5:30 #"Cut" ( Andy Hunter mix) — 7:40

Music video

The music video shows Tiffany at the piano with pictures surrounding her. It is in black & white. In August 2010 Plumb wrote about shooting a new video for the song. In December she wrote in response to a fan's question that she was unhappy with it and decided not to release it even though the shooting took 4 days.

Chart performance

Awards

In 2007, the song was nominated for a

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for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the

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.38th Annual GMA Awards
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cut (Plumb Song) 2006 singles Plumb (singer) songs Songs written by Matt Bronleewe Songs written by Plumb (singer) Songs about depression