Heart Tattoo Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bemisman 

Cover art for Heart Tattoo lyrics by Joyce Manor

The singer is dealing with the fact that he acted in a selfish, heartless way. He's probably got a history of this behavior.

The only way he can "have a heart" and behave in a way that's not selfish is to fake it -- to get a tattoo of a heart in lieu of the real heart that he doesn't have.