“My Heart Is Split”
from The Freshman Experiment
It happens every now and then.
I hear the words I need to hear
Coming from the tiny speakers
That I’ve shoved into my ears.
The crickets setting the tempo,
The wind dancing across my skin,
Reminding me of conversations,
Summer nights when I stayed in.
Back home, before I moved.
Back home, before I got here.
Back home with the people who loved me my eighteen years.
My heart is split
Between home and here.
I’m cut in half
Two beds, two lives, and I live in between
My porch back at home and this strange new world I knit.
My heart is split.
As sudden as the onset of winter,
As nat’ral as the trail mix they all eat
This untamed and icy place I live
Has swept me off my size-five feet.
I read non-stop to quell the absence.
I drink too much. I fall in love too fast.
Obsessively collecting songs and details
Nothing’s gone but nothing’s lasting
Back home, before I moved.
Back home, before I got here.
Back home with the people who loved me my eighteen years.
I’m split
Between home and here.
I’m cut in half
Two beds, two lives, and I live in between
My porch back at home and this strange new world I knit.
My heart is split.
My heart is split
I’m home but I’m still here.
I’m cut in half
Two beds, two lives, and I live in between
My porch back at home and this strange new world I knit.
My heart is split
My heart is split
It happens every now and then.
I hear the words I need to hear
Coming from the tiny speakers
That I’ve shoved into my ears
September 13th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This is definetly my favorite K&L song… and I’ve been learning it on piano because the accompaniment is soooo catchy!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I just started college this year and I cannot even begin to describe how much I relate to this song. I love it.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Just wondering if you could tell me the name of the character who sings this?
April 10th, 2009 at 11:52 am
This was based on a blog by ChristineCoke on The Freshman Experiment. It was written based on her real life experience so there’s no character name per say besides her handle. She’s now blogging on http://windowseat.tumblr.com/. It’s a wonderful blog that I read almost every day.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
not even relating to college, necessarily. This song describes so perfectly how I feel lately.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1123692/My_Heart_is_Split_%232
I made this in honor of the song. Thank you so much for creating this song!!!