I was born in the arms of imaginary friends
Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been
Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing
Trying my best to understand all that your love can bring

Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
Half of my heart takes time
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you)
Oh, with half of my heart

I was made to believe I'd never love somebody else
I made a plan, stay the man who can only love himself
Lonely was the song I sang, 'till the day you came
Showing me a another way and all that my love can bring

Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
Half of my heart takes time
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you)
Oh, with half of my heart

With half of my heart

Your faith is strong
But I can only fall short for so long
Down the road, later on
You will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart
But I can't stop loving you
(I can't stop loving you)
I can't stop loving you
(I can't stop loving you)
I can't stop loving you with half of my

Half of my heart
Oh, half of my heart
Half of my heart's got a real good imagination
Half of my heart's got you
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That half of my heart won't do

Half of my heart is a shotgun wedding
To a bride with a paper ring
And half of my heart is the part of a man
Who's never truly loved anything

Half of my heart
Oh, half of my heart
Half of my heart
Oh, half of my heart
Half of my heart
Oh, half of my heart


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    I feel like John Mayer's song deals with his heart being completely split and he cannot figure out how to deal with the situation. One part of his heart is saying he wants to always be with this girl but the other part of his heart cannot get over his past. The begining of the song most likely explain how he was innocent and carefree with past relationships. These past relationships, he perhaps would always put himself first and never really cared about the other person. Then, this girl came into his life and shook it up and for the first time in his entire life, he knows what it feels like to be in love with someone. From my personal stance, I feel like he cannot love this girl entirely because she or someone from his past badly hurt him before. Now, he has forgiven her or the previous girl for her wrongs to him and the current girl and him are trying to get back together. He knows he still loves her but the feelings are not as strong as before. This causes him to question if he really does love her or if he will never actually be able to deal with all the hurt this girl/ his past has caused him. He hopes that in time, he will fully love her again but currently, he is waiting for it and the wait to find out if your suppose to be with someone your entire life or your suppose to just let this person go and move on, is the hardest wait in the world. This is just my personal interpretation of the song. It may not be what John Mayer thought when he wrote this. It is just what I am currently going through.

    Fireflies4on December 23, 2009   Link

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