Song Description

Emotionally rich contemporary country ballad using 'some assembly required' as a metaphor for post-breakup healing. Male narrator sorts through literal and emotional wreckage - love notes, mortgage dreams, and a heart with 'burned-out edges.' Surprising yard sale bridge makes the metaphor tangible. Vulnerable storytelling with a hopeful ask: maybe someone wouldn't mind the project. Perfect for artists who balance clever wordplay with genuine emotional weight.

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Found your love notes next to ticket stubs and vacation photographs
In a box of fading memories that were better in the past.
Now all that stuff is on the bed and scattered 'cross the floor
Right beside the mess you made the night that you walked out our door.

Pre-Chorus
Between patchin' up the damage and fightin' to move on,
Every time I think I found it all, there's one more piece that's gone

Chorus 1:
I found one broken heart, some assembly required
With a couple burned-out edges from dancin' in your fire.
There's no instructions I can find or directions online.
I'm not lookin' for a project, but maybe someone wouldn't mind.
Taking on one broken heart, some assembly required.

Verse 2:
The bank called up this morning, our mortgage was approved
But I had to turn 'em down because it's something we won't do.
The house, the yard, the picket fence - all gonna to have to wait
So I'm sellin' off what's left of us and all the plans we made.

Pre-Chorus:
I keep hopin' you don't call me up so I'm turnin' off my phone
And packing up the memories from before it all went wrong.

Chorus 2:
Still got one broken heart, some assembly required
With a couple burned-out edges from dancin' in your fire.
There's no instructions I can find or directions online.
I'm not lookin' for a project, but maybe someone wouldn't mind.
Taking on one broken heart, some assembly required.

Bridge:
Someone's looking through my yard sale, stopped to ask me then
About that broken heart - I said 'I think it's all there, ma'am'

Final Chorus:
It's just one broken heart, some assembly required
With a couple burned-out edges from dancin' in her fire.
There's no instructions I can find or directions online.
I don't need another project, but maybe someone wouldn't mind.
Taking on one broken heart, some assembly required.

Outro:
Maybe you wouldn't mind.
Taking on this broken heart - some assembly required.