Heart On My Sleeve

Someone call me a doctor, or call me a nurse
Oh I know it ain't real
But I swear it still hurts
It's like everyone round here
Wants to observe
Me be punched to the pavement
Or kicked the curb

So I could disappear
You know I swear I've been debating it
Life wouldn't feel so short
If I didn't spend so much time wasting it
But now it's running out
I'll be glad when it's over
Can't remember the last time
I spoke to you sober

But the truth is I need you
The truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you
To save my old head
And my heart from the pain
If you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket
And cover the heart on my sleeve

All of my friends oh
They try and reach out
But I can't even whisper
Whilst my conscience shouts
It says "they don't even love ya
They don't even care"
When I look in the mirror
It's not me standing there

I don't recognise me or my face or my hair
Or my eyes or my teeth or my clothes that I wear
Cause all I ever hear is beauty's only skin deep
Which means they all must fucking hate me
For what's underneath

But the truth is I need you
The truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you
To save my old head
And my heart from the pain
If you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket
And cover the heart on my sleeve

The truth is I need you
The truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you
To save my old head
And my heart from the pain
If you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket
And cover my heart

Oh toss me a t shirt
Toss me something, I need
To cover the heart that I wear on my sleeve
Put me in the papers
Or put me on the screens
Save me from the boy
That I was meant to be

Oh won't you toss me a life ring
To save me from drowning
Fall in love with myself
And with my thorny crown
And I'll never be human
And I'll never be sane
So I keep taking substance
To numb all the pain

But the truth is I need you
The truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you
To save my old head
And my heart from the pain
If you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket
And cover the heart on my sleeve