Heart On My Sleeve

Oh, will someone call me a doctor, or call me a nurse

Oh I know it ain't real, but I swear it still hurts

It's like everyone round here wants to observe

Me be punched to the pavement or kicked the curb

So I could disappear, you know I swear I've been debating it

Life wouldn't feel so short if I didn't spend so much time wasting it

But now it's running out, I'll be glad when it's over

Can't remember the last time I spoke to you sober

But the truth is I need ya, the truth is I care

But I'd rather leave ya to save my old head

And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave

So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve

And all of my friends, oh, they try and reach out

But I can't even whisper while my conscience shouts

Says, "They don't even love ya! They don't even care!"

When I look in the mirror, it's not me standing there

I don't recognise me or my face or my hair

Or my eyes or my teeth or my clothes that I wear

'Cause all I ever hear is beauty's only skin deep

Which means they all must fucking hate me for what's underneath

But the truth is I need you, the truth is I care

But I'd rather leave you to save my old head

And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave

So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve

The truth is I need ya, the truth is I care

But I'd rather leave you to save my old head

And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave

So I'll put on my jacket and cover my heart

Oh, toss me a t-shirt, toss me something, I need

To cover the heart that I wear on my sleeve

Put me in the papers, oh, put me on the screens

Save me from the boy that I was meant to be

Oh won't you toss me a life ring to save me from drowning

Fall in love with myself and with my thorny crown

And I'll never be human, and I'll never be sane

So I keep taking substance to numb all the pain

But the truth is I need ya, the truth is I care

But I'd rather leave you to save my old head

And my heart from the pain if you chose to leave

So I'll put on my jacket and cover the heart on my sleeve