Heart

Splintered October: Images From A Broken Mind #29

Heart - Gary Numan

Does she make you laugh?
Does she make you cry?
Does she call your name?
Let me tell you why

Have you ever tried to look into her eyes?
Have you ever tried to look into her heart?

There is no one home
Time will heal you, time heals everything
Just an empty room
Time will help you, time helps you forget

There's no tears for you
Time will heal you, time heals everyone
There's no heart at all
Time will help you, time helps you forget me

She will change your world
She will change your mind
She will change your rules
She will make you blind

You will never try to look into her eyes
You will never try to look into her heart

See there's no one home
Time will heal you, time heals everything
See an empty room
Time will help you, time helps you forget

See no tears for you
Time will heal you, time heals everyone
See no heart at all
Time will help you, time helps you forget me

I'll leave you, you'll try to forget
I'll haunt you, like someone haunts me
I'll leave you, you'll try to forgive
I'll haunt you, like someone haunts me

Does she laugh at you
Like she laughed at me?
Does she break your heart
Like she broke mine?

Although I consider Outland to be a better album than Metal Rhythm, it's still far from being real Gary Numan. Where are the songs about robots, aliens, ghosts, paranoia, assassins and all things bizarre? It all reeks of a desperate attempt to find chart success by courting the mainstream. Still, this song proves that even when he is at his lowest creative ebb, Gary Numan can still create magic. A beautiful, heart wrenching ballad if ever I heard one.