Brave Saint Saturn Heart Still Beats Lyrics

Heart Still Beats Lyrics

The girl in the alley kneels with exhaustion 

She's guarded by the skinny
guy who limps from some infection 

Behind a veil of bleached thin hair
her eyes tell a story 

Like a photo of Berlin, December 1944 

She's
looking for a handout, she's been high for several weeks now 

She's too
far gone for whoring and the money just gave out 



And her heart
still beats inside 

And the blood runs in her veins 

A remnant of
life remains 

Her heart still beats inside 



The man finally
comes to the door, I've seen him several times 

He always looks pissed
off and his sunglasses stay on 

I think he got his biceps and tattoos
while in prison 

And it doesnt seem to bother him when he says "go to
hell" 



And his heart still beats inside 

The blood runs in
his veins 

A remnant of life remains 

His heart still beats inside




The thought it comes to my mind, to somehow intervene 

But
it could bring me trouble, and what can I do anyway? 

It's hard to be
effective when it happens so often 

To see a life unraveling, through
drawn venetian blinds 

I'm sickened by compassion, I'm stifled by my
limitations 

Anesthetic apathy, come take the pain away 



And
my heart still beats inside 

The blood runs in my veins 

A remnant
of life remains 

And my heart still beats inside 



Oh God, we
need you here 

We're sinking fast and we dont care 

The evidence is
all around me, on both sides of my door 

Our hearts beat