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Tear in My Heart Lyrics
annyeonghaseyo (hello in korean)
Sometimes you’ve got to bleed to know,
That you're alive and have a soul,
But it takes someone to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m alive,
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
The songs on the radio are ok,
But my taste in music is your face,
And it takes a song to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m alive,
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time,
But that’s ok, I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine,
I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government,
For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement.
Sometimes you’ve got to bleed to know,
That you're alive and have a soul,
But it takes someone to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m alive,
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
My heart is my armor,
She’s the tear in my heart, she’s a carver,
She’s a butcher with a smile, cut me farther,
Than I’ve ever been.
That you're alive and have a soul,
But it takes someone to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
But my taste in music is your face,
And it takes a song to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
But that’s ok, I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine,
I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government,
For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement.
That you're alive and have a soul,
But it takes someone to come around to show you how.
She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire,
She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher,
Than I’ve ever been.
She’s the tear in my heart, she’s a carver,
She’s a butcher with a smile, cut me farther,
Than I’ve ever been.
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Basically, this song is about love. The singer declares that sometimes the only thing reminding us we're alive is how much we hurt and then says his beloved hurts him. In other words, the pain from loving someone constantly reminds him he's alive.
That may not have made much sense, so let's go into a line-by-line analysis.
1) "Sometimes you’ve got to bleed to know, / That you're alive and have a soul, / But it takes someone to come around to show you how."
The singer says "bleeding" reminds us we're alive, but someone else needs to "show you how" to bleed. I think "bleeding" means giving part of yourself away. Love requires a bit of sacrifice; its like trusting someone else with your heart.
2) "She’s the tear in my heart, I’m alive, / She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire, / She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher, / Than I’ve ever been."
The "she" is the "someone" who showed him "how" mentioned in the previous line. She's the one he loves; she's the one he bleeds for; she's the one who constantly reminds him he's alive. She's the "tear in [his] heart." Not only does she make him feel alive, she makes him feel "on fire" and desire something "higher / than [he's] ever been." Fire often refers to pain or--er--passion and "higher" refers to an elevated or better state of being.
3) "The songs on the radio are ok, / But my taste in music is your face, / And it takes a song to come around to show you how."
These lines are just super cute. He's saying her face is a song--his favorite type of song. Don't think about it too hard; just trust me, it's cute. He also says it "takes a song to come around and show you how," paralleling the previous lines where it takes "someone...to show you how." He's already compared her face to a song, so clearly she's also the song it takes to "show you how."
4) "You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time, / But that’s ok, I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine, / I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government, / For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement."
Again, these lines are adorable. The "holes" he avoids are, quite simply, pot holes. I don't have much to analyze here, I just think the words are cute enough to merit a second look.
5) "My heart is my armor, / She’s the tear in my heart, she’s a carver, / She’s a butcher with a smile, cut me farther, / Than I’ve ever been."
His heart is his protection, or "armor;" he's secure enough in what he thinks that other people who disagree and argue against him don't hurt him at all. This woman, though, is the "tear" in his armor. What she says can hurt him. She's a "carver" and a "butcher," constantly taking more of his love and reminding him he's alive and able to hurt him in a way others can't. She "cuts" him "farther than [he's] ever been," or makes him feel more alive than he's ever felt before.
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@misstori123 Thank you so much for this analysis, I already liked this song, but after your broke it down, I love it even more, this is my new favorite song.
@misstori123 Thank you so much for this analysis, I already liked this song, but after your broke it down, I love it even more, this is my new favorite song.
@misstori123 Nice take on it! I like the lyric-by-lyric play
@misstori123 Nice take on it! I like the lyric-by-lyric play
@misstori123 to add to your analysis, the parts about him and her in the car, I believe that he puts this bit in there to make it more personal. Like, yeah, anyone can say "she's the tear in my heart" but his love for her is the kind where he even goes out of his way to make sure bumps and potholes in the road don't wake her up when she's sleeping in the car. It's a sweet, caring love that he has for her.
@misstori123 to add to your analysis, the parts about him and her in the car, I believe that he puts this bit in there to make it more personal. Like, yeah, anyone can say "she's the tear in my heart" but his love for her is the kind where he even goes out of his way to make sure bumps and potholes in the road don't wake her up when she's sleeping in the car. It's a sweet, caring love that he has for her.
@misstori123 very good take on the song. I agree with your thoughts on it 100%! Have you seen the music video on YouTube? I think the girl at the end of the video is his wife.. She beats him up its hilarious.
@misstori123 very good take on the song. I agree with your thoughts on it 100%! Have you seen the music video on YouTube? I think the girl at the end of the video is his wife.. She beats him up its hilarious.
@misstori123 what about the government part? It was one of the things i didnt understand in this song
@misstori123 what about the government part? It was one of the things i didnt understand in this song
@GustaQLon You mean the line "I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government, / For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement"? There he's talking about how he's upset with the government for not using his taxes to fill potholes, since now he has to swerve to avoid hitting them and waking his love up.
@GustaQLon You mean the line "I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government, / For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement"? There he's talking about how he's upset with the government for not using his taxes to fill potholes, since now he has to swerve to avoid hitting them and waking his love up.
We all know about how Tyler wrote this for Jenna. In this song, Tyler puts up a barrier around his heart, only for Jenna a 'butcher with a smile' to constantly remind him that he's alive through emotion. Anyway you interpret it, it's still beautiful!!
@blayke.dolenz I have always heard this as being about the one person who can break through the armor. The butcher and carver references are to how precisely she knows how to get through. Also love the driving in my car lines. Reminds me of driving all over the greater Phoenix area so my wife could sleep for a few months when she was having difficulties falling asleep if not in a moving car.
@blayke.dolenz I have always heard this as being about the one person who can break through the armor. The butcher and carver references are to how precisely she knows how to get through. Also love the driving in my car lines. Reminds me of driving all over the greater Phoenix area so my wife could sleep for a few months when she was having difficulties falling asleep if not in a moving car.
I believe this song is about a girlfriend he used to have friend when they broke up she left a tore in his heart that cant be fixed. Or one completely different approach is that she is the only he's met that is able to penetrate his armored heart and make him feel love.
@GregYan Sorry, incorrect grammar, here is it corrected:
@GregYan Sorry, incorrect grammar, here is it corrected:
I believe this song is about a girlfriend he used to have and when they broke up she left a tore in his heart that cant be fixed. Or one completely different approach is that she is the only he's met that is able to penetrate his armored heart and make him feel love.
I believe this song is about a girlfriend he used to have and when they broke up she left a tore in his heart that cant be fixed. Or one completely different approach is that she is the only he's met that is able to penetrate his armored heart and make him feel love.
Tyler puts a wall around his heart "my heart is my armor" but jenna cuts trough that wall and looks inside. She can see both tylers good and bad but she loves him anyway.