In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
In the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo?
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, you know
I mean after all the things that we been through
I mean after all the things we got into
And yo, I know there are some things that you ain't told me
And yo, I did some things, but that's the old me
And now you wanna give me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well, I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
In the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so Dr. Evil?
You're bringing out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why were you at 3 a.m. on the phone?
Why does she be so mad at me for?
Homey, I don't know she's hot and cold
I won't stop, I won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight into the night
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far and far and far he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, yeah
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so, so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo?
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, you know
I mean after all the things that we been through
I mean after all the things we got into
And yo, I know there are some things that you ain't told me
And yo, I did some things, but that's the old me
And now you wanna give me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well, I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
In the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so Dr. Evil?
You're bringing out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why were you at 3 a.m. on the phone?
Why does she be so mad at me for?
Homey, I don't know she's hot and cold
I won't stop, I won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight into the night
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far and far and far he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, yeah
Cause in the night I hear him talk the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so, so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Lyrics submitted by rogueleader
Heartless Lyrics as written by Kanye Omari West Malik Yusef El Shabbaz Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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