there was haar in my heart
then from a newly cloudless sky
the sun shone strong again
Heart
New word: thundersnow
new word: thundersnow
what on earth can that be like?
my heart in your hands
You play with my heart
You play with my heart like a second-hand toy
You know it’s been in the dirt and scuffed skinless
With a flick of your fingers the heartache begins
You wear my love at your throat like a necklace
CHORUS
ANOTHER VERSE
CHORUS
ANOTHER VERSE
CHORUS
CHORUS TO FADE
Snow on rain on ice
snow on rain on ice
glass all touches over slide
when will your heart thaw?
Heart
Heart of straw, danger of overexcitement and collapse due to too heavy breathing;
heart of sticks, beware of pick-up artists;
heart of stone, resisting all blandishments.
My heart is meat, hot, red. Warm your hands and your own.
Three a.m.
In the darkness there is a light
In the darkness a hand to hold
My heart beats, beats
My heart beats with yours
In the darkness a hand to hold
In the darkness a light
Your distant heard voice
your distant heard voice
drifts of smoke in the distance
hearts will be broken
Independence
You hid the hope in cloudy crystal,
like a mosquito in the amber.
You shaped the jewels and clipped them on their chains.
One you put around your neck and one, hard-handed, round mine.
Your hope is independence, I thought you said.
It broke my heart to leave you but now I’m strong.
How many heartbeats
How many heartbeats in a lifetime?
How many can I save for you?
In ancient times it was believed that, illness and violence permitting, you lived until your heart had beat a certain number of times. I think I read somewhere recently that scientists had found some evidence for this.
My heart races, chases, races when I am with you.
I feel my box of heartbeats ebb towards empty.
It makes sense I suppose. All other things being equal, heart muscle bumps and thumps until it tires, slows (perhaps) and stops.
I lie, relax and stretch when I know you will not be with me.
I feel my chest rise, fall, rise again. I feel the heartbeat slow.
Because, you see, if I don’t use too many heartbeats when you are not here, I have more to use when you are.
I’m saving all my love for you. My love.
I’m saving all my heart for you. My love.
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How many heartbeats in a lifetime?
How many can I save for you?
My heart races, chases, races when I am with you.
I feel my box of heartbeats ebb towards empty.
I lie, relax and stretch when I know you will not be with me.
I feel my chest rise, fall, rise again. I feel the heartbeat slow.
I’m saving all my love for you. My love.
I’m saving all my heart for you. My love.
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
I hear your heartbeat
echoing
echoing overlapping
mine
Heartbeat
Heart
beat
Heart
beat
Beat
Beat
I hear your heartbeat
