Hello My Old Heart (Ten Year Anniversary) - The Oh Hellos

Go, there's no place for you in my heart I don't need you Leave just a picture of you on my wall It's not a memory You say that I I can't do without you But you're wrong this time Give me your number to call on the phone Just in case But don't you think that I want you back in my home Oh no It ain't my beating heart that beats for you I guess it's just your fantasy It ain't my beating heart that bleeds for you It's not for you No, not for you It ain't my beating heart that beats for you It's not for you No, no not for you Think you see tracks of tears on my face, my baby Yes, your heart must be the loneliest place in the world You say that I I can't do without you But you're wrong this time It ain't my beating heart that beats for you I guess it's just your fantasy It ain't my beating heart that bleeds for you It's not for you No, not for you It ain't my beating heart that beats for you I guess it's just your fantasy It ain't my beating heart that bleeds for you It's not for you No, no not for you

Don't you worry 'bout your curly hair Clothes that don't quite fit you anywhere Voices echo in the gym Another girl's had her first kiss Please, don't think too much of it, darling I'm so sorry that they pick you last Try to say your foreign name and laugh I know that you feel loud, so different from the crowd Of big blue eyes, and long blonde hair, and boys that stare But, baby, know that You'll grow up And grow so tough and charm them Write your story, fall in love a little too The things you thought you'd never do I wish I could go back and give her a squeeze Myself at 13 And just let her know, know that she's beautiful Keep on going with your silly dream Life is prettier than it may seem One day, you'll be up on stage Little girls will scream your name The days of tears and failure fears And no one cares, will all make sense, 'cause You'll grow up And grow so confident, and Write your story, fall in love a little too The things you thought you'd never do I wish I could go back and give her a squeeze Myself at 13 And just let her know, know that she's beautiful Ooh-ooh

I'm twelve years into a ten-year town I'm too far in to turn around Too old to go back to school Won't be much longer, I'll be old news I thought I'd be a big star now I'm twelve years into a ten-year town For fifteen minutes of fame Somebody says your name on the TV Or back of a CD Waitin' tables another month Waitin' on that break to come All it's ever done is break my heart The new "it girl" fresh off the bus She cut right in front of the rest of us I need longer lashes and a shorter dress To be that overnight success I thought this year I'd wear that crown I'm twelve years into a ten-year town For fifteen minutes of fame Somebody says your name on the TV Or back of a CD Waitin' tables another month Waitin' on that break to come All it's ever done is break my heart I didn't come this far to only go this far Hmm-mm, oh-oh-oh Hmm, oh-oh-oh Payin' dues don't pay the bills Dreams come true and I think mine will But lesser fools woulda given up They don't go for broke like a dreamer does You gotta get back up when you get knocked down I'm twelve years into a ten-year town This next song could turn it all around I'm twelve years into a ten-year town

Hear on the wind, how the pendulum swings Feel how the winter succumbs to the spring Over the palisade, morning will break Rise up to meet it, O sleeper, awake Gather the soldiers, the heir to enfold Crown him and give him a sceptre to hold Sound every horn as the columns extend Up to the hill, where the king will ascend Look to the sky, where the sign will be shown Heaven and earth and the king on his throne Look to the sky, where the sign will be shown

Climbing trees, like we did when we were children Scaling walls, the walls that took us years to build Climbing trees, haven't much since we were children Shaking limbs tend to end up bent and broken Safe inside the walls we built, we found ourselves a home Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Girl, you've never loved Climbing trees, haven't much since we were children Shaking limbs tend to end up bent and broken But heartache pales in comparison to love