The Backwards Heart

The next batch of kids, they′re gonna be the ones set up the scene

The kind of shit I think, don't stand up when I bleed

But ain′t no one more scared than yours truly

'Cause I got a backwards heart (come take my hand)

And I'm tough to be sold

And in a backwards heart (come take my hand) not much can grow

But I′ma turn it around and I just want you to know

The next phase of me, I′m gonna be one tough seed

Don't mind no black and blue

And green and everything in between

And I told her to heal up, but she don′t know what I mean

'Cause I got a backwards heart (back me up)

Am I the centerfold?

And in a backwards heart (back, back me up), not much can grow

So I′ma turn it around and I just want you to know

I see your backwards heart

I see your backwards heart

I see your busy heart

I feel your backwards heart

I have tried so many times when looking at what I've chosen, God, it′s harrowing

Good grief, kept it only there

What feat comes of the mirror boy who wants to know the outside world but cannot begin?

Good grief, can be lonely there, ooh

Good grief is all that I knew of

I fought a war in my bedroom

So goddamn scared to be here

Good grief is all that I knew

A tug of war in my mirror

So goddamn scared to see you, ooh

Good grief, they're carrying me through, yeah

Just an ancient world of blue, yeah

Now I'm coming home to please you (good grief, oh, good grief)

Good grief, it′s good to see you

Put your feet on the cliff, yeah

I′m a bird in a blue river (good grief, oh, good grief)

Good grief, it's a long, long, long way