Half A Heart

Half a Heart [Verse 1] WAKING UP (in a) HOUSE (that’s) NOT a HOME [2 beats] Walking (on) EGGSHELLS, (living) ALONE in the NOISE [2 beats] The BILLS (get) PAID, (but the) COST runs DEEP [2 beats] Ten LONG YEARS, (trading) DREAMS (for) SLEEP [2 beats] The TABLE’S (full) BUT the SOUL (runs) DRY [2 beats] SMILING IN (public) WHILE the (truth) HIDES INSIDE [2 beats] SILENCE (replaces) THE will (to) FIGHT [2 beats] FREEDOM (keeps) CALLING (in the) DEAD of NIGHT [2 beats] [Chorus] LIVING LIFE (with) HALF a HEART [2 beats] TIED to (comfort) TORN (apart) [2 beats] A PRISONER (in) GOLDEN CHAINS [2 beats] WHILE REAL LOVE (waits) IN the RAIN [2 beats] It’s NOT (about) RICHES, (it’s) ABOUT what’s TRUE [2 beats] AND the (courage) IT TAKES (to) START brand NEW [2 beats] SCARED to FALL, SCARED to FLY [2 beats] CAUGHT (between a) TRUTH and a LIE [2 beats] [Verse 2] THERE’S a KIND (of) PEACE (that) MONEY can’t BUY [2 beats] THE KIND (that) LIFTS YOU (and) LETS YOU BREATHE SKY [2 beats] BUT it’s HARD (to) LEAVE the WALLS (that) STAND [2 beats] WHEN survival (depends on) A STEADY HAND [2 beats] EVERY DOLLAR (feels like) ANOTHER BIND [2 beats] HOLDING the (body) BUT CAGING (the) MIND [2 beats] THE HEART (keeps) BEATING (for) SOMETHING MORE [2 beats] WHILE the SOUL (stares) OUT an UNLOCKED DOOR [2 beats] [Chorus] LIVING LIFE (with) HALF a HEART [2 beats] TIED to (comfort) TORN (apart) [2 beats] A PRISONER (in) GOLDEN CHAINS [2 beats] WHILE REAL LOVE (waits) IN the RAIN [2 beats] It’s NOT (about) RICHES, (it’s) ABOUT what’s TRUE [2 beats] AND the (courage) IT TAKES (to) START brand NEW [2 beats] SCARED to FALL, SCARED to FLY [2 beats] CAUGHT (between a) TRUTH and a LIE [2 beats] [Bridge] ONE DAY (the) STRENGTH (will) RISE AGAIN [2 beats] TO WALK (that) ROAD (and) REACH the END [2 beats] NO MORE FEAR, NO MORE SHAME [2 beats] NO MORE PLAYING (a) LOSING GAME [2 beats] [Outro] HALF a HEART (can’t) BEAT for LONG… [2 beats] BUT FULL LOVE (makes a) SPIRIT STRONG. [2 beats]