Stages of the Heart

V1:

When I was six, lived with an open heart

Hadn't felt the pain of it being torn apart

Those days was all blue skies and butterflies

When I was ten that still remained

Though it had picked up some stains

Those days balancing hurt sighs and happy highs

Pre-Chorus:

That's just how it goes

The stages of the heart

Chorus:

It starts out free with youthful glee

Then it gets knocked down, dragged around

Tattered and shattered and scattered

But then in time it starts to rebound

No longer battered and splattered

But back to the way it used to be

V2:

When I was sixteen, felt love's first sting

Felt the pain of my heart breaking

Those days was all pretty eyes hiding lies

When I was eighteen those feelings remained

Couldn't quite shake them from my brain

Those days wishing to be wise watching the sunrise

Pre-Chorus:

That's just how it goes

The stages of the heart

Chorus:

It starts out free with youthful glee

Then it gets knocked down, dragged around

Tattered and shattered and scattered

But then in time it starts to rebound

No longer battered and splattered

But back to the way it used to be

Bridge:

When I was twenty-two

Decided to build it back to new

And when I turned twenty-three

I was back to feeling free

Reset the stages of my heart

Pre-Chorus:

That's just how it goes

The stages of the heart

Chorus:

It starts out free with youthful glee

Then it gets knocked down, dragged around

Tattered and shattered and scattered

But then in time it starts to rebound

No longer battered and splattered

But back to the way it used to be