Crooked Heart

Kyle was a wild kid, used to smile big

Lit up the room every time he did

Well that's how the song starts

Cleo did the star charts, dancing by the bar outside where the cars parked

He said, “I'm smarter than I look

But I don't look so smart

And I can put back together things I took apart”

And in the dust on the hood, he drew a crooked heart

There's nothing wrong with trying (nothing wrong with trying)

Whoever told you that was lying (ooh, they're lying ooh-ooh)

She said, “I'm gonna kiss you good”

He said, “I wish you would

In fact I'm convinced you should

I think I'd like it” (i'd like it)

Well I know you've had some grandioso heartache (Grandioso heartache)

And you guide yourself around by shapes the stars make (By the stars, ooh-ooh)

But it gets so cold with no one there to hold

Obsessing over people we don't know

Is there a way to get away from this, we've made a mess

We could sail away or take a plane or take a train from this

Perhaps a place so far away that we could take a rest

Escape the famous faces and the feeling we've been faking it

They had some children coming and they started building something

You could hear the thumping of construction and the chugging of combustion

Connecting the pieces and scraps, collecting the dreams and beliefs that they had from the trash

Making their contraption

Spouting steam and ash

Well I know you've had some monumental heartache (Monumental heartache)

And you guide yourself around by shapes the stars make (By the stars, ooh-ooh)

But it gets so cold with no one there to hold

Obsessing over people we don't know

Right there by the seaside

Just above the treeline

You can see the steam rise

Building a machine

In the town where the dreams die

Covered in leaves, pine needles, and cheap wine

He said, “I'm smarter than I look, but I don't look so smart

Back together with the things that we took apart"

And on the flag on the top they drew a crooked heart

There's nothing wrong with trying, whoever told you that was lying

See you later navigators of the stars and the equator (See you later, oh)

Well you know we've had our grandioso heartaches

And we guide ourselves around by shapes the stars make (By the stars, ooh-ooh)

But it gets so cold with no one there to hold

Obsessing over people we don't know

Well I know you’ve had some monumental heartache (Monumental heartache)

Now we guide ourselves around by shapes the stars make (By the stars, ooo-ooh)

Sometimes it still gets cold, but someone's there to hold

Obsessing over people we don't know

Obsessing over people we don't know

Obsessing over people we don't know