Corner of Your Heart Lyrics

Lyric discussion by alioopity 

Cover art for Corner of Your Heart lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson

she has such a sweet voice. kind of reminds me of gregory and the hawk a bit? but theres always at least one comment on every song saying OMG. THIS SONG IS TOTALLY HOW I FEEL. and im sorry to say, but i will be this comment. theres a boy, who live far far away from me. and i just love him. nothing more to it. and i cant do anything about it, im dating another boy who i mean, i like. but no one will ever compare. no one.

It's too obvious. Interpreted literally, these lyrics make the singer seem weak and incredibly desperate. I don't think she she is. I don't think she means a word of it-- I think it's completely sarcastic.

What self-respecting person would accept so little (i.e., a small piece of your heart, a place underneath your bed but not in it, a single minute of your day)? I don't think humans are capable of enduring that kind of abuse. We may convince ourselves that we love someone, even if that person gave us essentially nothing in return, but that kind of...

monetmarie: That kind of thing is not a fiction. It happens. A self-respecting person would likely not accept so little, and the key there is that there are people who lack self-esteem and self-respect and get caught up in a situation like that. Humans are capable of enduring a lot more unnecessary hell than you think. I spent three whole years in a mentality eerily similar to the one in this song while getting almost nothing in return, thrilled by every small, tiny thing I got and never getting enough and still craving it.

The fact that fiction exists of...