The Heart Wants What It Wants by Selena Gomez

Artist: Selena Gomez

Genre: Pop

Length: 3:47

With her Greatest Hits album For You, Selena Gomez released this as the lead single for the project. This song sees an emotional Selena explaining her account of her relationship with Justin Bieber (although she doesn’t actually name him), and seemingly justifying why she remained with him for so long. The title phrase was made famous in an Emily Dickinson poem: The heart wants what it wants—or else it does not care

The Heart Wants What It Wants lyrics

What the heart wants, what the heart wants
What the heart wants, wants, wants, wants
You got me sippin' on something
I can't compare to nothing
I've ever known, I'm hoping
That after this fever I'll survive
I know I'm acting a bit crazy
Strung out, a little bit hazy
Hand over heart, I'm praying
That I'm gonna make it out alive
The bed's getting cold and you're not here
The future that we hold is so unclear
But I'm not alive until you call
And I'll bet the odds against it all
Save your advice, 'cause I won't hear
You might be right, but I don't care
There's a million reasons why I should give you up
But the heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
You got me scattered in pieces
Shining, like stars and screaming
Lighting me up like Venus
But then you disappear and make me wait
And every second's like torture
Hello injured, no more so
Finding a way to let go
Baby, baby, no, I can't escape
The bed's getting cold and you're not here
The future that we hold is so unclear
But I'm not alive until you call
And I'll bet the odds against it all
Save your advice, 'cause I won't hear
You might be right, but I don't care
There's a million reasons why I should give you up
But the heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
This is a modern fairytale
No happy endings, no wind in our sails
But I can't imagine a life without
The breathless moments breaking me down
The bed's getting cold and you're not here
The future that we hold is so unclear
But I'm not alive until you call
And I'll bet the odds against it all
Save your advice, 'cause I won't hear
You might be right, but I don't care
There's a million reasons why I should give you up
But the heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants, baby
It wants what it wants, baby
It wants what it wants
It wants what it want

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