Okkervil River

Happy Hearts

Okkervil River


Why must happy hearts break so hard, leave you curled up in the back seat of a car, staring up at the windshield? When will broken hearts learn how to heal? This boy I knew was five years older than me. His daddy'd left him when he was three. After we went walking by a stream, he held 
me down and made me feel as 
bad as he. Why must happy 
hearts break so hard, leave you standing in the darkness 
of the barn, staring at those 
rusty wheels? When will 
broken hearts learn how to 
heal? And everybody's searching for a place to put 
their love. See the people on 
the street? They go home and 
what do you think they dream of? Unconditional love. Why 
did you leave me? Mother, why do you sleep with him? He says he's smothering, then he comes back again, in our house for the weekend. Why must people's breaking hearts pretend? Why must happy hearts break so hard, leave you staring in the mirror at a bar? Leave you talking to yourself, because you can't talk to anybody