Verse 1
Sometimes you gotta bleed to know
That you’re alive and have a soul
But it takes someone to come around
To show you how
Some might say that in order to feel alive you must experience all sides of your feelings. Pain and love is two extreme sides of the spectrum. So in order to know that you are alive you mist feel pain but in order to feel human you must feel love as well.
Chorus
She’s the tear in my heart
I’m alive
She’s the tear in my heart
I’m on fire
She’s the tear in my heart
Take me higher
Than I’ve ever been
In order to feel alive you must experience all sides of your feelings whether you like it or not. In this case this song is about the artists significant other and is talking about how that person makes him feel alive, As there has been ups there has also been downs as well to his life with her.
Verse 2
The songs on the radio are okay
But my taste in music is your face
And it takes a song to come around
To show you how
Complementing someone by comparing them to a beautiful pieces of music can be one of the highest praises that anyone can get and thus this can interpreted as his favorite music is her. This can be seen as her being life changing to him as some music can change people's perspective on the world itself.
Bridge
You fell asleep in my car I drove the whole time
But that’s okay I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine
I’m driving here I sit
Cursing my government
For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement
You fell asleep in my car I drove the whole time
But that’s okay I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine
I’m driving here I sit
Cursing my government
For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement
Sometimes you gotta bleed to know, oh, oh
That you’re alive and have a soul, oh, oh
But it takes someone to come around
To show you how
In the bridge the artist can be literally referring to his significant other being asleep in his car and that he is avoiding the potholes on the road to keep her asleep. Alternatively speaking it can also indicate that the artists significant other has finally found peace with him as she is able to sleep when with him and the holes he is trying to avoid are the arguments or fights he had with her so basically the bumps along the road of life. He is trying to avoid them so he doesn't disturb her or the peace she found within him. The part where he is talking about the taxes may actually literally refer to what he is singing about where the taxes induced are not used to fix the holes on the ground. It can also mean the taxes taken away from him may have started the holes in his life with his significant other in the first place and thus blaming the government for the intervention. The last part of the bridge is basically a repetition of the first verse.
Outro
My heart is my armor
She’s the tear in my heart
She’s a carver
She’s a butcher with a smile
Cut me farther
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
My heart is my armor
She’s the tear in my heart
She’s a carver
She’s a butcher with a smile
Cut me farther
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
Than I’ve ever been
The heart is a vital part of our life as in some way's it shapes who we are and who we will become and because of this it is natural for someone to shield their heart and keep it for themselves to change themselves. However as stated in the lyrics the artist may shields his heart but his significant other is the tear in it and forever changing who he is and what he is becoming. The fact that he is stating that she is the carver and the butcher he is already stating that she is the one shaping his heart thus in turn shaping him as well and although it is painful to admit he says that he needs it as the lyrics says "cut me farther".
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