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Blackened Hearts MAG

September 20, 2009
By SaintJamesHallow PLATINUM, Sequim, Washington
SaintJamesHallow PLATINUM, Sequim, Washington
26 articles 1 photo 12 comments

when i was young
i believed my heart was shaped
just the way they portrayed it
on the television
and it was painted red
like a brick house

but lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me

mayday mayday
i'm going down
i was shot with an arrow
the engine has failed
i'm burning! burning …
someone explain
the pain
it's a shame
to have to ask you
to tell me the truth
do you love me?

was it fate?
is this a joke?
am i a fool?
for loving you?
am i doomed?
why can't you answer me?
i haven't even sewed your lips shut
to stop the lies
not yet
so answer me!

lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me

love me
kill me
just shoot me
i'm burning in your eyes
throw me the gasoline!
watch me burn!

lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me



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on Dec. 28 2017 at 3:18 pm
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really powerful, but let me ask, is it a rap song?

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Aaliyah02 SILVER, Pflugervile, Texas
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Soooo powerful! Keep writing!

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this is cute.

on Jul. 15 2013 at 8:17 pm
CatchAFallingStar PLATINUM, Pearland, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was." - Unknown

I love this. I wish more songs had meaningful lyrics like this. You're an amazing writer. Keep it up :)

Emme498 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 2 2013 at 2:43 pm
Emme498 BRONZE, Vidor, Texas
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WOW.. this is my third time reading this,whenever i read it i can hear the beat and rythm. you so should make a recording, truly amazing

on Feb. 6 2013 at 11:54 pm
WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
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Favorite Quote:
dance like no one's watching/ love like you've never been hurt/ sing like no one's listening/ live like heaven is on earth

WHOA. Just... WHOA.

on Oct. 28 2012 at 3:07 pm
TaylorWintry DIAMOND, Carrollton, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby." - Unknown

This is amazing. Your writing makes my songs look soo bad. Keep up the amazing work!

on Sep. 20 2012 at 7:51 am
Summer_Died_In_Connersville GOLD, Dayton, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
If given the chance words could save us all.

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!

on Jan. 14 2012 at 7:30 pm
princessovirgos BRONZE, Ellicott City, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
When you're down to nothing, God is up to something.

wow... you have serious talent

on Jan. 14 2012 at 7:21 pm
Kimberly_W PLATINUM, Lafferty, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
live today as if it was your last with every possible moment, and
live it up, drink it down, party hard

i loved it it had heart and thought put into it, i could image the picture and hear the sound great job...ever make it a song i would love to hear it

on Dec. 4 2011 at 10:02 pm
lane882009 BRONZE, Hoopeston, Illinois
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I loved it! I could imagine the heart with the chains on it, and set up like a brick wall. I think you have talent! (:

I could also feel the tension, it was like I was almost there. And this whole comment is coming from a music junkie!


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on Dec. 1 2011 at 5:04 pm
undone, Dfhfhjgtyiuj, Wyoming
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I Love it!! :)

on Dec. 1 2011 at 12:37 pm
stephie95 PLATINUM, Tripoli, Other
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AMAZING :D I LOVED IT

on Aug. 13 2011 at 1:24 pm
emilybwrites SILVER, Villa Hills, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
last night i lay in bed, looking up at the stars and i thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling?

wow i could really feel this! fabulous! could you check out my poem "Forgotten Domain" and comment/rate it? i love receiving feedback from fellow writers

on Aug. 5 2011 at 9:12 pm
Anonymous_Me DIAMOND, Marble Hill, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"Life is but a walking shadow."






~Shakespeare (Macbeth)

This is beautiful. It's not encoded, or put too bluntly, but in a way that I can actually tell what you're saying, and I like that. =) The lyrics are powerful

Hope13 said...
on Jun. 30 2011 at 5:02 pm
This is reallygood! I can really hear this being sung. If you worked on the rythm a little it would be even better. Good work!

on Apr. 15 2011 at 1:35 pm
hello-im-a-koala, Bronx, New York
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Favorite Quote:
People moving all the time inside a perfectly straight line. Don't you wanna curve away? When it's such, it's such a perfect day.

This is really raw and I can tell you really mean what you're saying. It brought tears to my eyes.

on Apr. 5 2011 at 4:22 pm
summermarrie BRONZE, Tobyhanna,pa, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
live well laugh offten love much.... cry less love alot be happy... if you love something or someone so much let it go if it comes back it was ment to be....

omgg iloved it i noe hoe u feel i went through it buh u jus have to move onn.... like my sis told me "u have to kiss all da frogs before u cn gt ur prince!"

on Mar. 10 2011 at 10:11 pm
ilovedayna BRONZE, Story, Wyoming
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Favorite Quote:
i love you

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE it!!! so amazing, it's so deep!

on Feb. 5 2011 at 9:10 am
KrsytalnBlake14 BRONZE, Vinemont, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
Our love grows stronger every lifetime that passes us through.. (:

kooolllll?