Any Other Heart

And this is my last remaining filter

On my last remaining words

It's leaving the taste

Of something bitter on my tongue

I'm leaving a letter full of reasons

Along with a line that starts to blur

Into a page that says

You faded way too young

'Cause you're leaving something

Short of innocent

I'm still thinking of the times

We should have spent

It's as if this form of treason

Crawled up deep inside your head

And left you notes

On how to keep your insides dead

If I had any other heart

If any other piece spoke louder

If I had any other hands

I wouldn't need the voice to tell

The world about the coward

That refuses to stand

And claim the blood on your hands

If I had any other heart beside my own

We might have left you cold

I'm handed a book about instructions

On when I should know to go

And tracing my fingers

Down the binding I get cold

'Cause I've been this awful shade of lonely

Since your reasons left the room

And I'd see everything get warmer

If you decide to follow suit

If I could paint the town

With all your good intent

I'd leave these walls

As red as my eyes could have been

While picking comfort for my father

For a place to rest his head

Well, Tallahassee will stay gray outside instead

If I had any other heart

If any other piece spoke louder

If I had any other hands

I wouldn't need the voice to tell

The world about the coward

That refuses to stand

And claim the blood on your hands

If I had any other heart

If I had any other heart beside my own

If I were king of the world

And I could build you a day

I'd smile just to rip it all away

I would to blaze a memory in your head

That screams about regret

If I had any other heart

If any other piece spoke louder

If I had any other hands

If I had any other hands

Oh God, if I had any other hands

God, if I had any other hands

And you're still refusing to stand

And claim the blood on your hands

If I had any other word

If I had any other way