[Chorus]

Heart is in a-fib

Brain's been lying

Pining for forever, green foundation needs refining

Heart is in a-fib

Feet are like lightning

Striking deep inside the mind to find what's underlying

[Verse 1]

Stars are shining

And gleaming brightly for a child's mind that needs rewiring

But he's not looking at the sky

Instead he shuts his eyelids

And plummets down in silence

Internalizing violence

[Verse 2]

'Cause he could heal everybody else but couldn't give the same grace to himself

And it snowballs

Picking up speed and went AWOL

Careening with no sense of meaning or purpose, his self-worth is constantly lowballed

[Verse 3]

Made a hasty retreat

And turned over the keys

Crumpled in the backseat

And now the monster's driving

[Chorus]

Heart is in a-fib

Brain's been lying

Pining for forever, green foundation needs refining

Heart is in a-fib

Feet are like lightning

Striking deep inside the mind to find what's underlying

[Verse 4]

Time is flying

Many birthdays have gone by, he's tried to cut it out

But he can't seem to find it

So he confides in vices

Plastic smiles and crisis

Can only keep that up for so long 'cause the anger's rising

[Verse 5]

Slowly realizing

If this monster's driving

It's just endless fighting

There's got to be a workaround

Must have missed something

Need to quit punting

Time to start trudging

My way back home

[Bridge]

Nearly ended it

On a mission trip

Irony was lost on me until I read my script and realized I had abandoned it

And gave my heart and soul the slip, my voice is spoken for, my body's packed and shipped and so I—

Went back

To that overpass

Saw that little kid

With his legs collapsed

Lying still, near the exit ramp

I leaned in, he said, "Hi, Zack!"

[♪]

[Interlude]

"I didn't recognize him at first

But then I saw his shirt

It was my old soccer jersey: number eight

The words, 'We're doing okay,' got stuck coming out

He said, 'Don't worry about that, I think I found a way out."

And he told me—"

[Breakdown]

Confide in me

Breathe some life in me

I'm not your enemy

I knew that you'd come back for me

Confide in me

Breathe some life in me

I'm not your enemy

I knew that you'd come back for me

Confide in me

Breathe some life in me

I'm not your enemy

I knew that you'd come back for me

Confide in me

Breathe some life in me

I'm not your enemy

I knew that you'd come back for me

[Chorus]

Heart is in a-fib

Brain's been lying

Pining for forever, green foundation needs refining

Heart is in a-fib

Feet are like lightning

Striking deep inside the mind to find what's underlying

Heart is in a-fib

Brain's been lying

Pining for forever, green foundation needs refining

Heart is in a-fib

Feet are like lightning

Striking deep inside the mind to find what's underlying