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Heart Heavy Lyrics
When I see lovers in the park
Making a start
Making their little love spark
I don't get heart heavy
Heart heavy
Heart heavy
When I see lovers in the rain
Under the same umbrella
In a picture frame
I don't get heart heavy
Heart heavy
Heart heavy
'Cause there's a man and a woman next door
And they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
Yeah yeah
When I see lovers on the street
With their hands in their hands
And a synched heartbeat
I don't wish that were me
That were me
That were me
When I see two young pups
Sitting in a malt shop
Drinking out of one cup
With two straws and one lung
I don't get thirsty
Get thirsty
Not getting thirsty
'Cause there's a man and a woman next door
And they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
And there's a man and a woman outside
And they don't breathe the air
They're just breathing fire
And a man and a woman upstairs
And he just pulls his teeth
While she pulls her hair
And it's the love inside the treasury tape
And I know I don't wanna make the same mistake
As the man and the woman next door
'Cause they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
Don't sink
Not heavy
Don't sink because my heart's not heavy
Don't sink
Not heavy
Don't sink because my heart's not heavy
Making a start
Making their little love spark
I don't get heart heavy
Heart heavy
Heart heavy
Under the same umbrella
In a picture frame
I don't get heart heavy
Heart heavy
Heart heavy
And they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
Yeah yeah
With their hands in their hands
And a synched heartbeat
I don't wish that were me
That were me
That were me
Sitting in a malt shop
Drinking out of one cup
With two straws and one lung
I don't get thirsty
Get thirsty
Not getting thirsty
And they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
And they don't breathe the air
They're just breathing fire
And a man and a woman upstairs
And he just pulls his teeth
While she pulls her hair
And I know I don't wanna make the same mistake
As the man and the woman next door
'Cause they don't make no love they just go to war
Oh-ee
Not heavy
Don't sink because my heart's not heavy
Don't sink
Not heavy
Don't sink because my heart's not heavy
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I think this song is about the fear of romantic relationships turning bitter.
There's consistent imagery of water and drowning, "rain, umbrella, drinking, lung, thirsty, breathing" and repeatedly at the end "Don't sink". This suggests that the person here is afraid that the commitment of love will swallow them whole and drown out everything else. The line "they don't make no love they just go to war" displays that. The love they once had has been replaced by fighting and there's nothing but conflict left. "They're just breathing fire, pulls his teeth, pulls her hair" all show the frustration and anger of " the man and the woman next door", presumably a couple stuck in a bad marriage. So in an effort to protect themselves, they don't get, "Heart Heavy". They don't desire a romantic relationships because fear how it will end.
This idea is further supported by the line "I don't wanna make the same mistake". The mistake of romance. The fear that the sweet, young love won't last forever and in the end you'll just hate each other. The person is afraid of this perceived reality. So they insist that they "Don't sink because my heart's not heavy". They insist that they'll never fall prey to the trap of romance because they decide to never pursue a romance for themselves.