Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
She's such a flirt
And I am the lonely heart
Give it a chance
For our love to start
But you'll never see
If you don't give me a shot
To show you what I've got
But it's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I held your hand (ahh-ah)
It felt like a movie
I made some plans (ahh-ah)
But you were already moving on, now
I'm stuck under a rainy cloud
But you don't seem to care
But it's alright 'cause it's
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf, yeah
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I'm tired of wasting all my time
My heart is hanging on the line (is it me, girl, or someone else?)
Please take it off the shelf
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf (la-la-la-la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
Everybody
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
Yeah
Ooh-ooh
And I am the lonely heart
Give it a chance
For our love to start
But you'll never see
If you don't give me a shot
To show you what I've got
But it's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I held your hand (ahh-ah)
It felt like a movie
I made some plans (ahh-ah)
But you were already moving on, now
I'm stuck under a rainy cloud
But you don't seem to care
But it's alright 'cause it's
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf, yeah
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I'm tired of wasting all my time
My heart is hanging on the line (is it me, girl, or someone else?)
Please take it off the shelf
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf (la-la-la-la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
Everybody
Always someone else
The next guy who will make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
Yeah
Ooh-ooh
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Shelf Lyrics as written by Kevin Jonas Joseph Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Nice 1. Sometimes I wonder which of the brothers wrote which songs. Or does nick write ALL of them?
~K
It's only Kevin who wrote this song... It reffers to his ex, model ZoE Myers, who once cheated on him...
whean did this song come out!?!?!?!?! is it on the new cd coming out on august 12th????????!!!!!??????? I MUST KNOW ASAP!!!!!!!
They played on their Look Me In the Eyes tour that ran this year from end of January to the end of March. And yes, it'll be on their new album. Here's a link to a video I took of it:
youtube.com/watch
isn't this song called "don't take my heart and put it on a shelf" ?
not just "shelf" ..?
It's called "Shelf." The official tracklisting for A Little Bit Longer is up on Amazon.com, and it says the correct title is "Shelf."
kevin wrote it.
and yes. it was originally called dtmhapioas. and they changed it to shelf. i personally love the other way.
it's fun to type. dtmhapioas. dtmhapioas. dtmhapioas.
another song where nick needs to stop straining his voice
daniekay: if you buy their new album it says on the cd. you have to put it in your computer. and it says why wrote each song. i think the first name means they write the most. nick is on like every song. joe and kevin are not.
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