Plastic Hearts is a song composed by Anthony Rossomando, who shares vocal duties on the track with Carl Barat. Dirty Pretty Things performed the song live several times before their second album Romance at Short Notice was released, debuting it at the Shepherds Bush Empire show on April 22nd 2007. Before Dirty Pretty Things' separation, "Plastic Hearts" was under strong consideration (with "Truth Begins") to be released as the second single from Romance at Short Notice.
The song is lyrically inspired by the band's experiences while touring their first album, the wild and drug-fuelled lifestyles they led, and the long-distance romances they bred.
| Romance at Short Notice |  Dirty Pretty Things | Album | 2008-06-30 |
| Napster Session | Dirty Pretty Things | Session | 2006-04 |
You sauntered up and you said "How's tricks?"
You can't mix drugs with politics
So we took and talked and lost the plot
And after that everything seemed fine
In this distinct and beautiful collide
We drag each other's worlds down under the tide
With intoxicated hands
Cold, cold hearts and well-laid plans
Are you listening?
Are you listening
As the days, like the waves
Pile up behind you?
Lalalalala
Keep it on
Melt my plastic heart and help me move on
Why can't I move on?
How do we escape the great rails of pouring rain?
Go to a foreign island or a house in Spain
Going: la le la le la le la
Oh, how I'd kill to go
So, erect the girders and rivets in
A life of buildings and medicine
We all make the same mistakes
Our pitfalls pull us together
Are you listening?
Are you listening
As the days, like the waves
Pile up behind me?
Lalalalala
Keep it on
Melt my plastic heart and help me move on
Why can't I move on?
I've kicked this round my bedroom floor
Had the daylight hours but you wanted more
But the tide, the tide has drifted away
Are you listening?
Are you listening?
As the days, like the waves
Decisively pull us under?
Lalalalala
Keep it on
Melt my plastic heart and help me move on and on
There's friends for life and acquaintances
There's romance from great distances
There's been so many casualties
But I cannot wallow over these
