Heartbreak
White And Torch Lyrics

These lyrics from White And Torch's song Heartbreak are a poignant commentary on the harshness of heartbreak and how it can leave one feeling cold and unfeeling. The opening line "Carried a heart, and you tossed it off a cliff" suggests the callousness of the person who has caused the heartbreak, they have discarded the other person's heart as if it were mere trash. The use of the image of a cliff suggests a height from which the heart has been thrown indicating the magnitude of the pain caused.

The next few lines "Come back later, it'll be a skeleton, Never think about it again, Never think about it again" evoke images of the decay and eventual destruction that follows heartbreak. The metaphor of the heart as a skeleton is a powerful one, as it suggests the complete absence of life and feeling. It is interesting that the singer urges the listener to never think of it again, indicating an intentional forgetting of the pain. This is perhaps an indication of a coping mechanism that the singer is suggesting as a way to deal with heartbreak.

The next few lines referring to an isolated man capturing dead rodents and stitching them together into hats and jars and mints adds an eerie quality to the song. The word 'isolated' suggests a deep sense of loneliness and desperation, perhaps alluding to how people deal with heartbreak in unhealthy ways. The image of dead rodents being stitched together could be a metaphor for the singer's own feelings, patched together after heartbreak. The final repetition of "Never think about it again" is a stark reminder of just how intense and raw heartbreak can be.