Story Behind The Song

We've almost all had an encounter with that charming, seeminly sincere person who worked hard at romancing you until you fell only to walk away without a second glance. I have found that many, many people relate to this song and it is one of the favorites in my library.

Song Description

This song looks at the pain and dispair of a love gone bad. It's about a person who appeared to be one thing but was really another and the singer describes the black, bottomless, desolation of this person's heart.

Lyrics

THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART

Like lilies on the water
So tender?.so sweet
Give no indication of the darkness underneath
He lives on the surface
And learns to play the part
So no one ever sees the bottom of his heart

He knows the right things to say
Smiles??and sweeps her away
Never to be satisfied until she?s fallen hard
Then he adds another trophy to the bottom of his heart

It?s just smoke and mirrors
How quickly it all ends
She was just believing?they were more than friends
There?ll be no more tomorrows
Memories only go so far
And love cannot survive the bottom of his heart

She knows the chances you take
She gave herself anyway
Never saw it coming?..never knew a place so dark
As the empty desolation?at the bottom of his heart

Bridge:

Oh, like a barren wilderness
Oh, didn?t have to end like this
Never should have gone this far?this far?.
There isn?t any mercy?.at the bottom of his heart.

In a million pieces
Scattered to the winds
In unbroken silence the pain of loss begins
There?s no consolation?how did they get to where they are?
Tangled in the lies at the bottom of his heart

Another one made to fall
This time, Loser takes all
Never saw it coming?.never knew a place so dark?..
As the empty desolation?at the bottom of his heart

Never saw it coming?.never knew a place this dark?
As the empty desolation?at the bottom of his heart.

The bottom of his heart?.
The bottom of his heart??.

M. C. Wesley 432-349-0855 Copyright 2004