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.
Take a look around when you're going down
'Cause you'll never feel so high
As when you hid in her arms in the sky and the world slept
And there's no use to say just how much it kills
When it still kills all the same
Every thought of her name
Like a hand to an open flame
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You're never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would've sworn
And no matter what you say
It's never gonna come back
An ambulance goes by, and you wonder why
It never stops when you want it to
It never stops when you need it to
Take you away
Still your friends don't understand that the world could end
And it'd feel no worse than this
Every thought of the look in her eye
Like a cold California sky
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You're never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would've sworn
And no matter what you say
It's never gonna come back
And no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
And even if she'd stay you know it's wrong
Yeah no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
'Cause even if she'd stay, you know she's gone
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the heart in your heartbreak
And no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
And even if she'd stay you know it's, you know it's
You know it's gone
'Cause you'll never feel so high
As when you hid in her arms in the sky and the world slept
And there's no use to say just how much it kills
When it still kills all the same
Every thought of her name
Like a hand to an open flame
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You're never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would've sworn
And no matter what you say
It's never gonna come back
An ambulance goes by, and you wonder why
It never stops when you want it to
It never stops when you need it to
Take you away
Still your friends don't understand that the world could end
And it'd feel no worse than this
Every thought of the look in her eye
Like a cold California sky
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the miss in your mistake
And no matter what you take
You're never going to forget
She was the tear in a rainstorm
She was the promise that you would've sworn
And no matter what you say
It's never gonna come back
And no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
And even if she'd stay you know it's wrong
Yeah no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
'Cause even if she'd stay, you know she's gone
She was the heart in your heartbreak
She was the heart in your heartbreak
And no matter what you pray
It's never gonna take the pain away
And even if she'd stay you know it's, you know it's
You know it's gone
Lyrics submitted by wafflesdiary
Heart In Your Heartbreak Lyrics as written by Kip Berman Alexander Arthur Naidus
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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