Whittled Heart
Whittled Hearts: Love Carved, Memories Etched
Lyrics
It's like I have a wooden heart, and you cut away
Expresses the feeling of having a hardened or emotionless heart, and someone has figuratively cut away the best part.
The very best part of me, and you hid it away
Describes how the person removed the most valuable aspect of the speaker and concealed it.
Now I'm left here with a whittled heart, it don't look the same
Reflects on the aftermath, highlighting the transformed and diminished state of the heart after the removal.
As the day when you stepped inside and started carving away
Recalls the specific day when the emotional damage began, using the metaphor of carving into the heart.
And you liked heavy metal, but I didn't mind
Acknowledges a difference in musical preferences but suggests it wasn't a significant issue in the relationship.
Cause you already knew what happened when I had too much wine
Implies that alcohol-induced behavior might have been a concern, yet it was known and tolerated in the relationship.
But you were talking about forever, the future planted in your head
Contrasts the partner's focus on a long-term commitment with the speaker's uncertainty and lack of direction for the future.
While the thought of my tomorrow had me wandering instead
Expresses the speaker's wandering thoughts about the future, indicating a lack of clear plans or goals.
It's like I have a wooden heart, and you cut away
Repeats the metaphor of the wooden heart and the removal of the best part, emphasizing the emotional impact.
The very best part of me, and you hid it away
Reiterates the idea of the partner taking away a crucial element of the speaker and hiding it.
Now I'm left here with a whittled heart, it don't look the same
Reemphasizes the altered and diminished state of the heart after the removal, underlining the irreversible change.
As they day when you stepped inside and started carving away
Recalls the specific moment when the emotional carving occurred, contributing to the changed heart.
When you met me, you weren't allowed to love me yet
Describes the initial stages of the relationship, where love wasn't permitted, introducing a sense of forbidden or hidden emotions.
So how on earth were we to know
Raises a rhetorical question about the unpredictability of love when it isn't allowed initially.
And when you met me, I wasn't even pretty yet
States that the speaker wasn't considered attractive at the beginning of the relationship, questioning how they could have foreseen the future.
So how on earth were we to know
Continues to express uncertainty about the evolving nature of the relationship due to initial conditions.
That one day we'd have two wooden hearts, and we'd cut away
Introduces the concept of two individuals with metaphorical wooden hearts, both experiencing the removal of the best parts.
The very best parts of them, and we'd hide them away
Emphasizes the mutual experience of hiding the most valuable aspects of their hearts from each other.
And we'd be left here with two whittled hearts that don't look the same
Reiterates the transformed and diminished state of both hearts, highlighting the shared consequence of their actions.
As the day when we took our knives and started carving away
Recalls the specific day when both individuals engaged in the act of carving into their hearts, solidifying their shared experience.
Yeah, I ran out of forever to figure it out
Expresses a realization that time has run out for the speaker to understand or resolve the situation.
So won't you tell me about your good, good life, how it all worked out
Asks the partner to share details about their current life, possibly indicating a curiosity about how things turned out.
And maybe I could meet your new wife, are the two kids around
Expresses a willingness to meet the partner's new family and acknowledges the existence of children, revealing a sense of acceptance or closure.
I heard her daughter has my same name, do you say it out loud
Shares a piece of information about the partner's new family, specifically mentioning a daughter with the same name as the speaker, implying a connection that may still be present.
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