BULLETPROOF HEART

Lyrics

[Intro — quiet / spoken] Yeah… Funny. You taught me how to love somebody… Then taught me why I shouldn’t. 808 comes in Look— [Verse 1 — fast] I gave you trust, you gave me reasons, Gave you my heart, you changed the seasons, Used to be warm, now I’m cold for a reason, You said forever then left me bleedin’. Don’t say sorry, I heard that before, Don’t come knockin’ back at my door, You had the key, you wanted more, Now there’s deadbolts where my heart was yours. Yeah— I was ridin’ for you when the road got rough, Stayed ten toes when it all got tough, You knew my scars, still cut that stuff, Now you wanna know why I don’t feel much? That’s funny. I built walls where the trust used to be, Put steel where you left that hole in me, Everybody sees who I learned to be— But nobody knows what you did to me. [Pre-Chorus — beat strips down] So don’t tell me you miss me now, Don’t tell me you’ve changed somehow, I would’ve burned this whole world down— Just to keep you around. Pause That’s what makes me mad. [CHORUS — melodic / huge 808] I GOT A BULLETPROOF HEART NOW, You can’t get in, you can’t tear it apart now, You lit the match, watched it all burn down, So don’t act surprised when I’m cold right now. You made me this way, Don’t you forget, I gave you love— You gave me regret. Now when that phone lights up in the dark, I let it ring… With a bulletproof heart. [Verse 2 — aggressive / double-time] Yeah— You want the old me? He don’t live here, Buried that boy with the old damn year, I don’t shed tears, I don’t show that fear, But your name still hits when the night gets clear. And I HATE that. Hate that I still got a piece that cares, Hate when I look and I see you there, Hate that a song puts you back in the air, Hate that I’m angry ‘cause love’s still there. Don’t get it twisted, I ain’t comin’ back, Heart went dark when you painted it black, You broke something you can’t put back, Now every new love gotta pay that tax. I learned— Loyalty’s cheap when the weather is good, Everybody stays when they think that they should, But I stood right there like I said that I would— YOU LEFT. Beat cuts Yeah. I remember. [Bridge — low, almost whispered] I don’t hate you. That’s the problem. If I hated you… This would’ve been easy. 808 slowly rises [Final Verse — starts quiet, gets furious] So here’s to the nights I ain’t sleep at all, Here’s to staring at your name when you’d call, Here’s to learning how to stand up tall With a heart full of holes and my back to the wall. Here’s to every damn promise you broke, Every “I love you” that went up in smoke, Every time I laughed when I wanted to choke On the words I swallowed— Yeah, you know. But look at me now. Still here. Still standin’. Still move when the whole thing’s crashin’. Pain made fuel and the fuel made passion, Heart got cold but the boy kept rappin’. So keep your sorry, Keep your goodbye, Keep that story where you said you tried. ‘Cause I know one thing And I know I’m right— You don’t destroy what you love then ask why it don’t shine. [FINAL CHORUS — full production] I GOT A BULLETPROOF HEART NOW, You can’t get in, you can’t tear it apart now, You lit the match, watched it all burn down, So don’t act surprised when I’m cold right now. You made me this way, Don’t you forget, I gave you love— You gave me regret. Now when that phone lights up in the dark, I let it ring… With a bulletproof heart. [Outro — music drops to piano] You taught me how to love somebody. Then taught me how to live without ’em. Guess I learned both. 808 fades