Tear In My Heart – English Lyrics

• By: twenty one pilots
• Album: Blurryface

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Twenty One Pilots' "Tear In My Heart"! This incredibly catchy and emotionally rich song offers a unique lens into English expressions of love and vulnerability. Through its clever lyrics and infectious pop-rock melodies, you'll discover how to articulate deep affection, describe emotional rawness, and understand the nuanced ways English speakers talk about the highs and lows of relationships. Its blend of straightforward declarations and poetic imagery makes it a perfect track to explore the language of the heart, while its upbeat energy will keep you humming along.

[English]

(speaking in foreign language)

(upbeat music)

♪ Sometimes you gotta bleed to know ♪

♪ That you're alive and have a soul ♪

♪ But it takes someone to come around ♪

♪ To show you how ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm alive ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm on fire ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ Take me higher ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ The songs on the radio are okay ♪

♪ But taste in music is your face ♪

♪ And it takes a song to come around ♪

♪ To show you how ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm alive ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm on fire ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ Take me higher ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time ♪

♪ But that's okay ♪

♪ I'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine ♪

♪ I'm driving, here I sit, cursing my government ♪

♪ For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement ♪

♪ You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time ♪

♪ But that's okay ♪

♪ I'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine ♪

♪ I'm driving, here I sit, cursing my government ♪

♪ For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement ♪

♪ Sometimes you gotta bleed to know, oh, oh ♪

♪ That you're alive and have a soul, oh, oh ♪

♪ But it takes someone to come around ♪

♪ To show you how ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm alive ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ I'm on fire ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ Take me higher ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ My heart is my armor ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ She's a carver ♪

♪ She's a butcher with a smile ♪

♪ Cut me farther ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

♪ Oh, than I've ever been ♪

♪ My heart is my armor ♪

♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪

♪ She's a carver ♪

♪ She's a butcher with a smile ♪

♪ Cut me farther ♪

♪ Than I've ever been ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Sometimes you gotta bleed to know

  ➔ Contraction (gotta) & Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ "gotta" = informal contraction of "got to" (must). "to know" shows purpose (why you bleed).

• But it takes someone to come around

  ➔ Impersonal 'it' + takes + object + infinitive

  ➔ Structure: "It takes [person] to [verb]". "It" refers to the situation generically.

• She's the tear in my heart

  ➔ Metaphor + possessive adjective

  ➔ "tear" is metaphorical (emotional pain). "my" shows ownership of the heart.

• I'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine

  ➔ Future simple + conjunction of purpose (so)

  ➔ "I'll" = future action. "so" introduces the purpose (to ensure you sleep well).

• For not using my taxes to fill holes

  ➔ Gerund after preposition + infinitive of purpose

  ➔ "for" (preposition) requires gerund "using". "to fill" shows purpose of tax usage.

• Cut me farther than I've ever been

  ➔ Comparative + present perfect (ever)

  ➔ "farther" compares pain levels. "I've ever been" (present perfect) emphasizes lifetime experience.

• She's a butcher with a smile

  ➔ Metaphor + prepositional phrase

  ➔ "butcher" metaphorically describes emotional harm. "with a smile" modifies how she acts.

• I'm alive / I'm on fire

  ➔ State adjectives (alive/on fire)

  ➔ "alive" and "on fire" describe emotional states (not literal). "on fire" is idiomatic for passion.