Heart on My Sleeve

Oh someone call me a doctor, or call me a nurse
Oh I know it ain't real, but I swear it still hurts
It's like everyone round here wants to observe
Me be punched to the pavement or kicked the curb
So I could disappear, you know I swear I've been debating it
Life wouldn't feel so short if I didn't spend so much time wasting it
But now it's running out, I'll be glad when it's over
Can't remember the last time I spoke to you sober
But the truth is I need ya, the truth is I care
But I'd rather leave ya to save my old head
And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve
And all of my friends, oh, they try and reach out
But I can't even whisper while my conscience shouts
Says, "They don't even love ya! They don't even care!"
When I look in the mirror, it's not me standing there
I don't recognise me or my face or my hair
Or my eyes or my teeth or my clothes that I wear
'Cause all I ever hear is beauty's only skin deep
Which means they all must fucking hate me for what's underneath
But the truth is I need you, the truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you to save my old head
And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve
The truth is I need ya, the truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you to save my old head
And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket and cover my heart
Oh, toss me a t-shirt, toss me something, I need
To cover the heart that I wear on my sleeve
Put me in the papers, oh, put me on the screens
Save me from the boy that I was meant to be
Oh won't you toss me a life ring to save me from drowning
Fall in love with myself and with my thorny crown
And I'll never be human, and I'll never be sane
So I keep taking substance to numb all the pain
But the truth is I need ya, the truth is I care
But I'd rather leave you to save my old head
And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave
So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve