The Beating

I was checking sound

When you first came around

And I was staring at you

Through the mirrors in the room

And I wish that I could have seen your face when you first looked up

But you shot me one of your little gazed and that was enough

For me to know

That you were a place I had to go

And I'll never understand why people try so hard

To get away from the beating of their own hearts

I was reading signs

Like hand motions but less defined

And you were reading mine

So we figured it all out at the same time

And I think that I could have broken down on your couch that night

When you spoke to me with your eyes and they looked just right

For me to know

That you were a place I had to go

And I'll never understand why people try so hard

To get away from the beating of their own hearts

Symphonies are playing and are never being heard

Birds are chirping too, but are drowning in our words

Words that don't mean shit but are weighing us all down

Just so we can pay for a ticket off the ground

Oh, we go to new locations in search of something true

Or just to get away from the things we always knew

And everything we do is a reflection of our past

Beliefs that we adopted under questions never asked

So now I'm making sound

While you dance, baby, dance all around

And I'm still staring at you, oh

I can't help it, God, I love the way you move

And I think that I could have scared you off if you weren't so brave

'Cuz you silenced your fearful thoughts and that is the way

That I came to know

That you are a place I have to go

And I'll never understand why people try so hard

To get away from the beating of their own hearts