I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I left home when I was 17

Just to see if the grass was really green

4 years deep of things left behind

but you know I’ve got it all still on my mind

Bet you’ve already heard a song like this

One that ends in that perfect farewell kiss

But I won’t play that same old game

Not that flawless role we all seem to wanna play

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I love you now that you want me to

And that’s not something I usually do

Digging up the roots of this old oak tree

Is just a little harder than I thought it’d be

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame

I gave you the key to let yourself in

To that secret place nobody’s ever been

You peaked your head inside and looked around

I can only hope you won’t let me down

I don’t know if you see

Just how much you mean to me

So let me know what you find

In this sheltered heart of mine

In your hands my heavy heart

Nowhere to put all the shame

Give me back my fragileness 

And please take some of the blame