The Backwards Heart

[Verse 1]

The next batch of kids

They're gonna be one tough scene

The kind of shit I think

Don't stand up when I bleed

But ain't no one more scared

Than yours truly

[Chorus]

'Cause I got a backwards heart (Come take my hand)

And I'm tough to be sold

And in a backwards heart (No, it ain't my fault)

Not much can grow

But I'ma turn it around

And I just want you to know

[Verse 2]

The next phase of me

I'm gonna be one tough scene

Don't mind no black and blue

Been green and everything in-between

And I told her to heal up

But she don't know what I mean

[Chorus]

'Cause I got a backwards heart (Back me up)

Am I centerfold?

And in a backwards heart (Back, back me up)

Not much can grow

So I'ma turn it around

And I just want you to know

[Post-Chorus]

I see your backwards heart

I see your backwards heart

I see your busy heart, oh

I feel your backwards heart

[Bridge]

I have tried so many times

But looking at what I've chosen

God, it's harrowing

Good grief, can't be lonely there

What becomes of the mirror boy

Who wants to know the outside world

But cannot begin?

Good grief, can't be lonely there

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh)

[Outro]

Good grief is all that I knew then

I fought a war in my bedroom

So goddamn scared to be here

Good grief is all in my bedroom

A tug of war in my mirror

So goddamn scared to see you

Good grief, you carry me through, yeah

Just an inch up outta the blue, yeah

And I'm coming home to please you (Good grief, good grief)

Good grief, it's good to see you

Look at me, I'm undefeated

I'm having all them believe her, yeah (Good grief, good grief)