He reached for the wire right out his back door
Jumping from the fire escape off of his fourth floor
His foot still touching, his hand caught fire
Thirty thousand volts made his heartbeat a liar
Nothing's worse than the dues to pay for an empty heart (x2)
Empty hearts
An empty heart will tear you apart /x2
A scream in the night, dialing 911
The shock of their lives, over and done
She was alone in the crowd, shadow on the wall
The ambulance left taking it all
They thought they had something with nothing to lose
But in the morning light she knew the truth
Nobody noticed, never asked for her name
Just a face in the night gone up in flames
Empty hearts
He reached for the wire right out his back door
Jumping from the fire escape off of his fourth floor
She loved so much, they thought that they had it made
But when the sun came up he never saw the light of day
Nothing's worse than the dues to pay for an empty heart (x2)
Empty hearts
An empty heart will tear you apart /x4
