Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pfireman 

Cover art for Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) lyrics by John Mayer

Really, no one got this song but "xoxotinaxoxo"? I thought the song is awesome and pretty self-explanatory. Here's what I got from it:

"I was born in the arms of imaginary friends free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been then you come crashing in, like the realest thing trying my best to understand all that your love can bring"

He was by himself, don't have to worry about anything, go anywhere, does anything. Then he met her, and he gave it a shot to see maybe her love will change him.

"oh, half of my heart's got a grip on the situation half of my heart takes time half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you) oh with half of my heart"

Oh but only half of his heart really figured it out, that this is a good thing, and the other half is slow on the uptake, still has no idea what's going on. The smart half of his heart, which understood this love, and understand that he can't lie to her, and has to tell her that he could never lover her "fully".

"I was made to believe I'd never love somebody else made a plan, stay the man who can only love himself lonely was the song I sang, 'til the day you came showing me another way and all that my love can bring"

He never thought he could love anyone, but himself. He was lonely, and then she came, and she shows him that it's possible for him to love, and he would be good at it.

"your faith is strong but I can only fall short for so long"

She believes in him, but sooner or later he'll screw up so bad, and she won't be able to let it go anymore (or so he thinks).

"down the road, later on you will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart"

and sooner or later, she will hates that she loves him (or so he thinks), because he could never love her fully.

but I can't stop loving you I can't stop loving you I can't stop loving you I can't stop loving you I can't stop loving you with half of my...

But he wants out, because he feels she deserves more than just half of his heart (he's still struggling to get away from his past self), and he doesn't feel right to love her with only half his heart.

"half of my heart's got a real good imagination half of my heart's got you"

Half of him is full of $*** because he was alone and got nothing (imaginary friends), and half of him found her.

"half of my heart is a shot gun wedding to a bride with a paper ring and half of my heart is the part of a man who's never truly loved anything"

Half of him will "marry her on a whim" (like a shotgun that just goes off), even if he only has a paper ring. And the other half of him never learn to love.