Home Is For The Heartless
Parkway Drive Lyrics

If home is where the heart is
When one thinks of 'home', it is meant to be a place of comfort and love, where the heart finds solace.

Why do I feel so fucking heartless?
However, despite the traditional notion of home being where the heart is, the singer cannot shake off the feeling of emptiness, loneliness and desolation, which is causing them to feel like they have lost their heart.

The crumbling skyline
The singer observes how the once beautiful city skyline has become a reflection of the state of the town- bleak, broken and decrepit.

Cuts a vicious horizon
The skyline does not offer a beautiful picture, but rather exposes the harsh reality of life in the town.

Sinking its teeth into the cold September sky
This line is a metaphor that paints a picture of how the city skyline is so broken and ugly that it seems to be biting and clawing at the sky.

Decaying towers of steel
The singer draws attention to the tall metallic buildings in town, which are not only old and falling apart but also devoid of any life or love.

Reach with crooked spires for the heavens
The buildings, even with their decay, still seek to scrape up at the sky, a desperate plea for redemption and survival amidst the despair of the town

Like bones of the hollow chest of this town
The skyscrapers are likened to the bone structure of the town, manifesting and exposing the existing emptiness and desolation prevalent in society.

Torn wide for the scavengers
The society and its people have been overpowered and exploited and now, they are nothing more than rudimentary nutrients for corrupt scavengers.

Mother Mercy, take my hand
In an attempt to find salvation and redemption from the emptiness and hopelessness that they feel, the artist calls on Mother Mercy, an imaginary figure of salvation.

Father time, return what's mine
The singer addresses Father Time, seeking to resolve the wrongs of the past that have left him feeling lost and hopeless, and hoping that time may heal these wounds.

The innocence you stole from these eyes
The artist is addressing Father Time and referring to the naivety and hopefulness of youth, which is now lost and has been replaced by a sense of bleakness and despair.

'Cause I just feel, I just feel numb
After observing the state of the world and the town, and being unable to find any way to restore hope and peace, the singer has become numb to the world and cannot feel any emotion anymore.

For the vision burning before me
The singer sees a hallucination of what the town used to look like before the decay, despair and hopelessness took over the town.

Is one of former glory
The singer is reminiscing over the memories of the town when it was flourishing, full of life and love.

An icon cast in the light of freer times
The memories that the artist is celebrating are of a time when the world was a much freer place, where love and hope flourished in society without any restrictions.

Now writhes in a bed of lies
However, these memories are an illusion and a part of the artist's past that can never be recovered or restored. They have been replaced with a world entrenched in despair and dishonesty.

Hope doesn't live here
The singer acknowledges that there isn't any hope for the current situation and there is no way things can improve or restore themselves to how they once were.

Love doesn't live here anymore
The town no longer stands for love and warmth, and the companionship that was once the hallmark of a thriving society is now lost forever.