Heart On My Sleeve

Someone call me a Doctor

Or call me a nurse

So 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 to the kerb

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

CHORUS

But the truth is I need ya

The truth is I care

But I’d rather leave ya

To save my own head

My heart from the pain

If you chose to leave

So I’ll put on my jacket

And cover the heart on my sleeve

And all of my friends, they try and reach out

But I can’t even whisper what my conscience shouts

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 the clothes that I wear

Cos all I ever hear is beauties only skin deep

Which means you all fucking hate me

But what’s underneath

CHORUS x 2

But the truth is I need ya

The truth is I care

But I’d rather leave ya

To save my own head

My heart from the pain

If you chose to leave

So I’ll put on my jacket

And cover the heart on my sleeve

Pass me a T-Shirt  ??

Tells me something I need to cover the heart that I wear on my sleeve

Put me in the papers or put me on the screen

Take me from the boy that I was meant to be

Although you toss me a life ring to save me from drowning

Fall in love with myself with my thorny crown

I’ll never be human, and I’ll never be sane

So I’ll keep taking substance to numb all the pain

CHORUS