Heart Still Beats Lyrics - Singles - Brave Saint Saturn

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 remnants 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 doesn't seem to bother him 

When he says, "Go to hell" 

And his heart still beats inside 

And the blood runs in his veins 

A remnants 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 

And the blood runs in my veins 

A remnants of life remains 

And my heart still beats inside 

Oh God, we need You here 

We're sinking fast and we don't care 

The evidence is all around me 

On both sides of my door our hearts beat 

Our hearts beat 

Our hearts beat 

Our hearts beat