[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?

How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You know need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you goin' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

[Chorus]

How could be so Dr. Evil, you bringin' out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't goin' speak so
Why we up three A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me for
Homie I don't know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, I won't mess my groove up
Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me

[Chorus]

Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just goin' keep hatin' me
And we just goin' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm goin' take off tonight
Into the night

[Chorus]



Lyrics submitted by musicomplexity

Track duration: 03:31

"Heartless" as written by Kanye Omari West, B (mr. Hudson) Mcildowie, Ernest Dion (no I.d.) Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Scott (kid Cudi) Mescudi, Malik Yusef

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP

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    General Comment:Jesus, pay attention folks I will explain to you what the song means:

    The lyrics to Heartless by Kanye West narrate the bitter ending of a relationship. She made mistakes, and so did he. However, she is willing to overlook her own decisions and hold him responsible for what he has done. She wants to make him pay, and is therefore looking to her friends and his old friends for support. They agreed to let things be, but they somehow still end up on the phone in the middle of the night arguing.

    He wants to be able to end their relationship on a good note, but she is being so ``heartless'' that he is losing the desire to fix things. He tells her that he does not want to be enemies, and to stop turning to her friends because they only know the bad stories and not the special love that they did share.

    He feels that he is being wronged, and while she thinks he is getting what he deserves, he is explaining that he is not going to stick around and be harassed by her and her friends. He will leave and be ``gone into the night'', and he is confident that in a few month's time, she will regret her actions because she is unable to find a better boyfriend than he was.


    Flag anima69316on August 20, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:lol i remember my long distance bf let me heard that song it was so good to listen to. But then didnt realize that he would become heartless for leaving me hangin' after he gets wat he wants he evaporate how could he be so heartless.
    Flag knightly2on February 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Every Kanye West song is actually about phoenix-chicks.
    Flag TLUBWWBTRon November 30, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Catchy song overall. Definately a tolerable blunt ride song haha
    Flag iNateon September 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Yo! I broke up with my girlfriend... She wanted to meet me to exchange our respective belongings... I went to her house... As I walked in all quiet and guilty and shit... one of her roommates in the next room... they played this song on the big ass stereo... shit, as bad as I felt... all I could do is laugh... this shit is too fucking cliche!!!

    I fucking love KW b/c of all of the emotion he puts into his songs
    Flag bussingkmon July 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I really love this song.
    This just totally describes the sentiments you have when you're over.. but everyone sort of knows it's not really over.. even if you are mortal enemies.

    Flag loe831on June 21, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:i like this song a whole lot, but was kris allen's stripped down version not breathtaking??? i agree with randy jackson, it was far better than the original.
    Flag cheeseburgerson May 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not much of a fan of Kanye, but this song is actually really good. But it still shows that I'm not much of a fan of his, seeing as I prefer The Frays cover of the song better.
    Flag bmxgirl165on May 09, 2009   Link
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    Memory:You run and tell your friends that you leavin me
    they say that they don�t see what you see in me
    Wait a couple months then you gon see
    you won�t find nobody better than me

    @frozen yogurt- Same thing happened with me. My gal got so pissed at me (for no apparent reason) tht she left me. After 3 weeks she called me back saying she missed me :P . ya , with all tail between legs thingie n all included. :D
    Flag mikael_schifferon April 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Cause I already know how this thing goes
    You run and tell your friends that you leavin me
    they say that they don't see what you see in me
    Wait a couple months then you gon see
    you won't find nobody better than me


    reminds me of my ex, he dumped me for someone else, then a few months later came running back with his tail between his legs (metaphorically of course) cause he decided he still needed me :P
    Flag frozenyoghurton April 13, 2009   Link

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