Heart on Display Lyrics

I don't wanna put my heart on display

I don't wanna put my heart on display

My friends, they tell me I should publish songs

Give people what they want

Go make a couple bucks

I act like I'd rather run a marathon

Than show them what I got

There goes another month

'Cause I'm the bitterest of critics

When I'm looking at myself

Keep songs hidden like it's sinning

Pulling them down off the shelf

But my family swears some of my songs would sell

But just like everyone else, I just overthink it 'til

I set it down, leave it behind

'Cause I don't want the world to read my mind

No, I don't wanna put my heart on display for the world

Don't wanna show the parts of my pain and my hurt

Don't wanna show the tunes that betray all my worth

I don't wanna put, I don't wanna put

No, I don't wanna play the songs with my pain in the words

Don't wanna show the flaws through an eight bar verse

I'm fighting tooth and claw against my fragile worth

Because I don't wanna put

I don't wanna put my heart on display

Yeah, I've written well over a hundred songs

Talking about my flaws

And I should cut it off, yeah

I've written well over a hundred tunes

Singing the same old blues

I should find something new

Pick up my pen, begin a vent

Going in circles in my head

Jot something down, scribble it out

Just like a turtle in its shell

I hide away my pride and pain

Is it relatable or lame

Am I incapable of change?

I've had this problem

For way too long now

Drowned in my self-doubt

Why can't I just put one song out?

No, I don't wanna put my heart on display for the world

Don't wanna show the parts of my pain and my hurt

Don't wanna show the tunes that betray all my worth

I don't wanna put, I don't wanna put

No, I don't wanna play the songs with my pain in the words

Don't wanna show the flaws through an eight bar verse

I'm fighting tooth and claw against my fragile worth

Because I don't wanna put

I don't wanna put my heart on display

Yeah, oh

When did I take all of my pain

And put them into songs

How did music become a way

To cope with what went wrong?

I keep on writing and writing

Looking for some silver lining

Maybe I'm wasting my time and

Nobody relates to my whining

I don't wanna be a joke, I hope you know

These songs I wrote shouldn't make you think

Maybe you need to be asking me if I need help

You get to have a peek inside

I'm like everyone else

I wrote these songs, showcase my mind

Like it is show and tell

No, I don't wanna put my heart on display for the world

Don't wanna show the parts of my pain and my hurt

Don't wanna show the tunes that betray all my worth

I don't wanna put, I don't wanna put

No, I don't wanna play the songs with my pain in the words

Don't wanna show the flaws through an eight bar verse

I'm fighting tooth and claw against my fragile worth

Because I don't wanna put

I don't wanna put my heart on display

I don't wanna put my heart on display for the world

Don't wanna show the parts of my pain and my hurt

Don't wanna show the tunes that betray all my worth

No, I don't wanna put, I don't wanna put

I don't wanna play the songs with my pain in the words

Don't wanna show the flaws through an eight bar verse

I'm fighting tooth and claw against my fragile worth

Because I don't wanna put

I don't wanna put my heart on display