Cavern of Hearts

[Verse 1]
My chest is a cavern, my heartbeat echoes like a lonely beast
I’ve gone exploring, but I’ve never found just what it needs
Torches don’t light and fires snuff out, And warmth is an envied folktale
And I am inside somewhere in the dark, Waiting for someone to lose the trail

[Chorus]
I’d steal a million hearts and fill the cavern up
To drown out the awful sound of my own bemoaning, “It’s hopeless luck.”
To be starving for something, something like love
And I can’t givе it that, so I’ll steal a million hearts to shut it up

[Verse 2]
I can feel the spotlight illuminating thе darkest shadows
There’s something like love in the applause at the end of a show
What a performance, I almost fooled myself into believing
That I deserved any of it, any of it, I’m always underachieving

[Chorus]
I’d steal a million hearts and fill the cavern up
To drown out the awful sound of my own bemoaning, “It’s hopeless luck.”
To be starving for something, something like love
And I can’t give it that, so I’ll steal a million hearts to shut it up

[Bridge]
I don’t want you to love me, it makes me insecure
I’d rather you praise me, it’s safer and it’s simpler
I don’t deserve love but I can earn praise
And if I work hard enough, maybe someday
I can shove enough accolades into my chest
To make the pain go away

[Chorus]
I’d steal a million hearts and fill the cavern up
To drown out the awful sound of my own bemoaning, “It’s hopeless luck.”
To be starving for something, something like love
And I can’t give it that, so I’ll steal a million hearts to shut it up