Jack Hastings and Gary Sears
February fourteenth
don't mean nothin' anymore
Just another lonely day
since you walked out the door
Thought I could make it better
didn't know where to start
Now all I've got are memories
and this empty cardboard heart
Now all our private holidays I try hard to forget
Like the bitter anniversary of the night that we first met
I wished that we had never kissed underneath the stars
But I just can't let go of this empty cardboard heart
My promises just broke apart
my dreams just turned to dust
But now I know what mattered
was just the two of us
When it all came down to the razor's edge
and we got torn apart
You left me standing on my own
with this empty cardboard heart
A box of stale candy
It doesn't matter if it's late
And there was always something
I couldn't bring myself to say
That I love you now and always will
I loved you from the start
I even love the tatters of this empty cardboard heart
My promises just broke apart
my dreams just turned to dust
But now I know what mattered was just the two of us
When it all came down
to the razor's edge
and we got torn apart
You left me standing on my own
with this empty cardboard heart
@mikeb Feb 2022
Great hook/title! The tempo change for the choruses provides an unexpected change to the song's overall feel.