"O My Heart" as written by and Ryan Lee Guldemond....
O my heart it's a fish out of water
O my heart it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun
O my heart it's a rock in the gutter
O my heart it's a rocking great bolder and stuck in the gutter
And I throw my heart back to the ocean
But it don't go far it come back floating
And I watch it wash up with the dead fish
But it ain't quite dead it just is lifeless
O my heart it's a house in tornado
O my heart it's a house in the sky in the eye of tornado
O my heart it's a roof in el nino
O my heart it's a roof made of straw in the jaw of el niño
And I pour my heart a new foundation
But it don't set hard it just stays shaking
And I scratch my name I scratch my name in
But it don't set hard it gets mixed back in
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum,
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
O my heart it's fish out of water
O my heart it's a rock in the gutter
O my heart it's a black in a rainbow
O my heart it's so damn cold
And I throw my heart into the fire
'Cause I want to set my heart on fire
And I watch it try befriending embers
But the ice don't melt in mid december
O my heart it's a fish out of water
O my heart it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun
O my heart it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun
O my heart it's a rock in the gutter
O my heart it's a rocking great bolder and stuck in the gutter
And I throw my heart back to the ocean
But it don't go far it come back floating
And I watch it wash up with the dead fish
But it ain't quite dead it just is lifeless
O my heart it's a house in tornado
O my heart it's a house in the sky in the eye of tornado
O my heart it's a roof in el nino
O my heart it's a roof made of straw in the jaw of el niño
And I pour my heart a new foundation
But it don't set hard it just stays shaking
And I scratch my name I scratch my name in
But it don't set hard it gets mixed back in
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum,
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
O my heart it's fish out of water
O my heart it's a rock in the gutter
O my heart it's a black in a rainbow
O my heart it's so damn cold
And I throw my heart into the fire
'Cause I want to set my heart on fire
And I watch it try befriending embers
But the ice don't melt in mid december
O my heart it's a fish out of water
O my heart it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun
Lyrics submitted by korq, edited by romcarlos13
"O My Heart" as written by Ryan Lee Guldemond
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'That sort of tormented exclamation "O my heart!" sort of conjured up feelings of not really being able to engage with other people emotionally and inspired this song, that theme. It's something that I feel from time to time... I'm sure everybody feels it, too. Sometimes, you just wanna be more compassionate, and you wanna empathise with someone or the world; and you are just stoic, you are just so removed and comfortable there, but at the same time you feel a little bit guilty. Because it's good to care about things other than yourself.' (check it out!! radio3.cbc.ca)
I especially like the way all of this is phrased in the line about his heart that 'just stays shaking' despite trying to give it a stronger foundation (like they would for buildings vulnerable against earthquakes).
Shouldn't it be "It's the black in a rainbow"?
thanks for pointing that out. xD it's been fixed now.
But it don't go far, it come back floating
And I watch it wash it up with the dead fish
But it ain't quite dead, it just is like this
Should be "But it ain't quite dead, it just is lifeless.