Crooked Heart

[Verse 1]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
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)

[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
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)

[Chorus]
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