Lyrics for Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) as interpreted by YerBlueJayWay

Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) Lyrics
I was born in the arms of imaginary friends
free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been
then you come crashing in, like the realest thing
trying my best to understand all that your love can bring

oh, half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
half of my heart takes time
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you)
oh with half of my heart

I was made to believe I'd never love somebody else
made a plan, stay the man who can only love himself
lonely was the song I sang, 'til the day you came
showing me another way and all that my love can bring

oh, half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
half of my heart takes time
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you)
oh with half of my heart
with half of my heart

your faith is strong
but I can only fall short for so long
down the road, later on
you will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart
but I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
with half of my...

half of my heart
oh half of my heart

half of my heart's got a real good imagination
half of my heart's got you
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that half of my heart won't do

half of my heart is a shot gun wedding to a bride with a paper ring
and half of my heart is the part of a man who's never truly loved anything

half of my heart, oh half of my heart
half of my heart, oh half of my heart
half of my heart, oh half of my heart
half of my heart...



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boyplu
06-12-2009

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Sounds like the guy's never believed in anything until the girl showed up and brought something so real to him. He is trying to open up to her love and all it could bring but he's never loved anyone but himself. He tries but he can only let go of half of his heart.
"half of my heart is a shock on a wedding to a bride with a paper ring" i think this part means that even if he marries her, it won't last long.. hence the paper ring. I might be wrong...

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emendenh
07-22-2009

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Obviously,

John is trying to express the feeling of only being able to love some girl with half of his heart. The chorus

oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
half of my heart takes time
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that I can't keep loving you
oh, with half of my heart

He's just struggling because he can only love with half of his heart, the other half knows that women in general just don't realize alot of things and it's hard to love them completely because of it. That's what "Daughters" is all about.

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mayermusic
08-13-2009

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I think the meaning behind "Half of my Heart" is that he hasn't ever fully loved anyone or anything. And he feels that he can only give half of his heart to her, nd he keeps fighting himself to whether really giving himself to her or just half. I think that especially with the "half of my heart is a shotgun wedding to a bride with a paper ring" is a clear explaination that he knows she deserve soo much more than he's putting in, and she deserves more than a "shotgun wedding" which is what he's giving her.

"half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that half of my heart won't do".. He wants to let her know that what he give isn't good enouugh for her, but he can't because he actually does love her

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tlkirk
08-24-2009

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The lyric is "half of my heart is a shotgun wedding," not "half of my heart is a shock on a wedding."

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meandnotyou
11-05-2009

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Incredible.

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ForzaFerrari20
11-06-2009

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The song was just leaked and I've been listening to it over and over....it's amazing. While John Mayer's lyrics seem to be going downhill (Say, Who Says), this song keeps me optimistic that he can keep churning out those beautiful metaphors.

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2WaysFromSunday
11-11-2009

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lol why is taylor swift featured in this song, shes barely in it?

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ohplease(!)
11-18-2009

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Would have been much better without tschwayze in it at all. Still a fabulous song though.

Love Battle Studies!

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greeneyes1901
11-19-2009

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so basically this song's saying that maybe he once loved a girl and he had fully given her his whole heart to, but she took it for granted and now he's fallen in love with someone else, but he feels bad because he can't give the new girl his entire heart because he had already given it away. and she deserves more than only half of his heart.

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marshgreencohen
11-19-2009

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Lonely was the song I sang.
This song sounds like a song of the same kind from my highschool.Nevertheless,I love it.

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marshgreencohen
11-19-2009

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Lonely was the song I sang.
This song sounds like a song of the same kind from my highschool.Nevertheless,I love it.

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