After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released their pop rock debut album, Don't Forget (2008), which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again (2009), debuted at number one in the U.S., while its title track reached number 15 on the Hot 100. Lovato's third studio album, Unbroken (2011), experimented with pop and R&B and spawned the U.S. platinum-certified single "Skyscraper". They released her eponymous fourth album in 2013, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and contained the top-ten international hit "Heart Attack". Lovato's fifth and sixth albums, Confident (2015) and Tell Me You Love Me (2017), infused soul and mature themes; they earned a Grammy Award nomination for Confident, while "Sorry Not Sorry", the lead single from Tell Me You Love Me, became her highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number six. After a hiatus, Lovato released their seventh album, Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over (2021), which reached number two on the Billboard 200.
On television, Lovato has starred as the titular character on the sitcom Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011), served as a judge on the music competition series The X Factor USA for its second and third seasons, and appeared as a recurring character on the musical comedy Glee (2013–2014) and the sitcom Will & Grace (2020). They also starred in the television drama film Princess Protection Program (2009), the animated comedy film Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), and the musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).
Lovato has sold over 24 million records in the United States[6] and has also received numerous accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards, five People's Choice Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, a Guinness World Record, and was included on the Time 100 annual list in 2017. An activist for several social causes, Lovato's struggles with an eating disorder and substance abuse have received considerable media attention, in response to which they published the self-help memoir Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year (2013) and released the documentaries Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated (2017) and Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (2021). In 2021, Lovato had come out as nonbionary.
Fix a Heart
Demi Lovato Lyrics
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I only want the best for you
And if I'm not the best then you're stuck
I tried to sever ties and I ended up with wounds to bind
Like you're pouring salt in my cuts
And I just ran out of band-aids
I don't even know where to start'Cause you can bandage the damage
You never really can fix a heart
Even though I know what's wrong
How could I be so sure
If you never say what you feel, feel
I must have held your hand so tight
You didn't have the will to fight
I guess you needed more time to heal
Baby, I just ran out of band-aids
I don't even know where to start
'Cause you can bandage the damage
You never really can fix a heart
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, whoa
Yeah
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa
Oh, oh
Yeah
You must be a miracle worker
Swearing up and downYou can fix what's been broken, yeah
Please don't get my hopes up
No, no, baby, tell me how could you be so cruel?
It's like you're pouring salt on my cuts
Baby, I just ran out of band-aids
I don't even know where to start
'Cause you can bandage the damage
You never really can fix a heart
Baby, I just ran out of band-aids
I don't even know where to start
'Cause you can bandage the damage
You never really can fix a heart
Oh no, no, no
You never really can fix a heart
Oh no, no, no
You never really can fix a heart
Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh yeah-oh, oh, oh, oh
You never really can fix my heart
The lyrics of Demi Lovato's Fix a Heart are about a failed attempt at ending a toxic relationship. The singer acknowledges that what she's doing might be best for her partner, but it's hard to let go. She's tried to cut ties before, but it only left her with more wounds to heal. The line "And if I'm not the best then you're stuck" shows how she's scared of him not finding someone better than her. Despite this, she's come to realize that he can't be fixed by just band-aids or apologies. When she says "How could I be so sure if you never say what you feel," she's pointing out that he's not expressing his emotions, which is making it even harder for her to understand the situation.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the point that some hearts can't be fixed with just a simple apology. When she says "you never really can fix a heart," she means that some things are beyond repair. In the second verse, she uses the metaphor of holding hands too tight to describe how she may have been suffocating her partner, which made him unable to break free. The line "I guess you needed more time to heal" shows how the partner was not ready for the relationship and needed to take time to heal from past traumas.
Line by Line Meaning
It's probably what's best for you,
I know deep down this is what's best for you,
I only want the best for you
I genuinely care about you and want the best for you,
And if I'm not the best then you're stuck
If I'm not the best person for you, it'll be hard for you to move forward.
I tried to sever ties and I
I tried to end things between us and I
Ended up with wounds to bind
Ended up getting hurt and left with emotional pain,
Like you're pouring salt in my cuts
Like you're making my pain worse,
And I just ran out of band-aids
I've already tried to fix things,
I don't even know where to start
but I don't even know how to fix it anymore,
'Cause you can bandage the damage
You can cover up the pain,
You never really can fix a heart
but you can't truly fix a broken heart,
Even though I know it's wrong
Even though I know I shouldn't,
How could I be so sure
I can't help but wonder,
If you never say what you feel feel
if you're not honest with me about your feelings,
I must have held your hand so tight
I might have been too controlling,
You didn't have the will to fight
so you didn't have the energy to fight back,
I guess you needed more time to heal
maybe you needed more time to recover,
Baby I just ran out of band-aids
I've already tried to fix things,
Oh oh woh oh woh oh ah
ooh ooh ooh,
You must be a miracle worker
You must be amazing,
Swearing up and down that you can fix what's broken yeah
saying that you can fix what's broken,
Please don't get my hopes up no no
But don't give me false hope,
Baby tell me how could you be so cruel
you're hurting me so badly,
Oh oh oh oh oh oh yea
ooh ooh ooh,
Oh oh woh oh woh oh ah
ooh ooh ooh,
Oh oh yah ya ya
ooh ooh ooh,
You never really can fix a heart
You can't truly fix a broken heart,
Oh no no no
Oh no no no,
Oh ya oh ah
ooh ooh,
You never really can fix a heart
You can't truly fix a broken heart,
Oh no no no
Oh no no no,
You never really can fix my heart
You can't truly fix my broken heart.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: EMANUEL KIRIAKOU, PRISCILLA RENEA, PRISCILLA RENEA HAMILTON
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