An open heart-shaped locket with a red heart inside rests on blue velvet beside its gold chain.

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Melanie Carmichael

The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back.

— Sweet Home Alabama • 2002

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Melanie confesses that she handed over her whole heart long ago and never got it back. It's a plain, wistful admission that a past love still holds a piece of her, using the heart as something lent out and never returned.

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