Heartbeat Lyrics

You hoped for a baby, she never quite made it

Cried about it quietly, bewildered and afraid

To be a burden

Oh friend,

You're a gem

Please don't hold back again

Before I was born, my mother miscarried

As a kid I never thought of the babies she buried

My younger siblings and I were all alive

Never realized how many dreams don't survive

Like we imagined

Oh friend, come here, come rest, my dear

Like the Beloved John, his ear pressed upon

His best friend's breast

And he wrote of the heartbeat

He wrote of the heartbeat

The world moves quickly

Too quickly for grieving

The weight that you carry

Don't carry it alone

The gifts that we're given

Are given for giving

And I'll give away my heart

As long as I'm living

Did you ever think

Of the joy

You brought your mother,

Simply with a breath?

Her love is stronger than death

Oh friend, come here, come rest, my dear

Like the Beloved John, his ear pressed upon

His best friend's breast

And he wrote of the heartbeat

He wrote of the heartbeat