Beat'n Heart

In a cage by the window
Neath a cloth for the night
There it flutters and it sings
And it longs to take flight

This heart
This heart
This beat’n heart

On a sleeve, hear it ticking
Slow and steady, sometimes not
Right on time always pumping
Oh how little time we’ve got

This heart
This heart
This beat’n heart

Always studies, never learning
Hard as stone, breaks like glass
Oft escaping to the future
Oft returning to the past

This heart
This heart
This beat’n heart