Remember the Tinman

This Tracey Chapman song so captures the killing of the heart and the fight to win it back...

Remember the Tinman

There are locks on the doors
And chains stretched across all the entries to the inside
There's a gate and a fence
And bars to protect from only God knows what lurks outside

Who stole your heart, left you with a space
That no one and nothing can fill?
Who stole your heart? Who took it away
Knowing that without it you can't live?

Who took away the part so essential to the whole
Left you a hollow body
Skin and bone
What robber what thief who stole your heart and the key

Who stole your heart
The smile from your face
The innocence the light from your eyes
Who stole your heart? Or did you give it away?
And if so then when and why?

Now all sentiment is gone
Now you have no trust in no one

Who stole your heart
Did you know but forget the method and moment in time
Was it a trickster using mirrors and slight of hand?
A strong elixir or a portion that you drank?

Who hurt your heart
Bruised it in a place
That no one and nothing can heal
You've gone to wizards, princes and magic men
You've gone to witches, the good the bad the indifferent

But still all sentiment is gone
But still you have no trust in no one

If you can tear down the walls
Throw your armor away, remove all roadblocks, barricades
If you can forget there are bandits and dragons to slay
And don't forget that you defend an empty space

And remember the Tinman
Found he had what he thought he lack
Remember the Tinman
Go find your heart and take it back

Who stole your heart
Maybe no one can say
One day you will find it I pray...