Not The Heartless Kind-Amy Speace

[ti:Not The Heartless Kind] [ar:Amy Speace] [al:Songs For Bright Street] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Not The Heartless Kind - Amy Speace [00:09.94]What if I stacked the cards [00:12.13]Hid the ace next to my heart [00:13.76] [00:14.93]Playing out the game with a steady-handed art [00:18.20] [00:18.94]What if I left the closet open [00:20.92] [00:22.05]Skeletons and all [00:23.13] [00:24.36]Invited in the press [00:25.46] [00:26.22]Leaving you to take the fall [00:27.80] [00:33.38]What if I scratched below the surface [00:35.37]Enough to open up the bricks [00:37.29] [00:38.69]Decades of desertion too eroded for a fix [00:41.99] [00:42.57]What if I did all the things [00:44.41] [00:45.03]I swore I'd never do [00:46.61] [00:47.27]Just to get me off the hook [00:49.70]And leave the blame with you [00:51.20] [00:56.91]I built this house with my own hands [01:00.53] [01:01.23]I can tear it down crush [01:03.97]These bricks to sand [01:06.28]You sat there on the sofa [01:08.41]As the roof fell from the sky [01:10.54] [01:15.66]I could leave you in the rubble [01:17.63] [01:20.43]But I'm not the Heartless Kind [01:21.83] [01:26.21]What if I broke all of the mirrors [01:28.14] [01:29.18]Just to hide my fears [01:30.47] [01:31.57]Used the broken glass [01:32.82]To wipe away my tears [01:34.54] [01:35.43]Then I'd leave you with the furniture [01:37.47] [01:38.54]The photos in the frames [01:39.78] [01:40.32]All I'd take in my bag is this mess that I made [01:44.22] [01:47.42]I built this house with my own hands [01:51.78]I can tear it down crush these bricks to sand [01:56.05] [01:56.74]You sat there on the sofa [01:58.45] [01:59.15]As the roof fell from the sky [02:01.00] [02:06.18]I could leave you in the rubble but [02:11.40]I'm not the Heartless Kind [02:12.66] [02:30.78]So I'll prop up the destruction [02:32.50] [02:33.04]Tidy up before I go [02:34.67] [02:35.96]Put away the cards but leave an ace in the hole [02:40.18]I will pack up all the memories [02:42.14] [02:43.14]The ones faded and blue [02:44.43] [02:45.43]Seal them in the boxes that [02:47.76]I moved in here with you [02:49.52]And maybe we'll unpack them [02:52.13]Put things back in their place [02:53.73] [02:54.37]When broken love is mended [02:56.64]By a whole lot of grace [02:58.55] [02:59.19]I built this house with my own hands [03:03.50]I can tear it down crush these bricks to sand [03:07.74] [03:08.35]You sat there on the sofa [03:10.95]As the roof fell from the sky [03:14.28] [03:17.92]I could leave you in the rubble [03:20.54] [03:29.64]But I'm not the Heartless Kind