Heart-Beat Hesitation

Lyrics

Intro

I traced your name
In the dust on my old six-string
You laughed
Said
"you never clean a thing"
You took my hands
Put them over your beating chest
Said
"when you're lost..."
"This is where you rest"

Verse 1
Every long night
Feels like you again
Footsteps in the rain
Calling through the wind
You breathe my fears in
Like a borrowed flame
Hold them in your lungs
Til you say my name

Pre-Chorus
I keep falling out of rhythm
When you're far away
Every second stretches
Just a little more

Chorus
Love
You're the pulse I'm always chasing
Always late but never gone
I'm a half-beat hesitation
You're the steady rollin' drum
Every broken branch inside me
Leaning toward your light
Fractals of your heart keep waking
All the dark in mine

Verse 2
We fight in circles
Sharp words
Crooked lines
Your shadow on my doorway
Doesn't match your eyes
You turn away
But your shoulders shake
I hear the truth
Before you finally break

Pre-Chorus
I keep falling out of rhythm
When I make you cry
Still you stay and tune
This tangled soul of mine

Chorus
Love
You're the pulse I'm always chasing
Always late but never gone
I'm a half-beat hesitation
You're the steady rollin' drum
Every fragile piece is aching
Learning how to shine
Fractals of your heart keep waking
All the dark in mine

Bridge
Say you'll stay
When the colors all run strange
When my hands shake
Trying not to disappear
Will you sing my name
Back into my ears?

Call & Response
You call me broken
guitar answers
I call it trying to change
bass answers
You say you're tired
drums answer
I say I'm afraid
guitar and bass answer
You breathe in deep
Whisper
"come back home"
And every shattered measure
Falls in time again

Final Chorus
Love
You're the pulse I'm always chasing
Always late but never gone
I'm a half-beat hesitation
You're the steady rollin' drum
Every broken branch is reaching
Toward a brighter sky
Fractals of your heart are changing
Rewriting all of mine

Outro
Lean in close
Hear the tremor in my lungs
If I miss the moment
Pull me back with one small touch
I will live inside that second
Hanging off your breath
Singing out of time
Forever
Til our hearts find home