Heartbeat/Hope Lyrics

I should've seen it sooner

But what can 'should've's do for me?

You know, I heard a rumour

That I couldn't quite believe

Eyes might tell the truth

But words have power to deceive

If it suits their speaker

There's no story they can't weave

And so, in you I put my faith

I threw my trust behind a friendly face

Couldn't name one safer place

Yet here I am. I watched it go to waste

I could ask how could you?

But I know the answer's just because you can

Funny how the worst part is

I finally understand

But I've faced down far worse than you

And you can't keep me from the truth

I could go through all of this again

I feel the past like it's brand new

The phantoms hover just in view

You are not enough to hold me down

You won't wring any tears from me

Nor quiet admissions of defeat

As far as I'm concerned

We're not anywhere near the end

Where there's a heartbeat, there's still hope

So I won't give up on my ghosts

I'll carry them until my final breath

Tell me, is it true

Or is it my imagination?

There's no exit built into

This maze of your creation

You talk like it's against the rules

To turn this game against you

You've got it wrong. I'll tear your walls down

If that's what it comes to

I won't break in front of you

I'll hold on 'til I've gone the whole way through

And if I end up on the floor

It's fine, 'cause you won't see me any more

And though you put me through hell

I know I chose my battles well

I'm in control. I'm taking over

This story's mine to tell

And I've faced down far worse than you

And you can't keep me from the truth

I could go through all of this again

I feel the past like it's brand new

The phantoms hover just in view

You are not enough to hold me down

You won't wring any tears from me

Nor quiet admissions of defeat

As far as I'm concerned

We're not anywhere near the end

Where there's a heartbeat, there's still hope

So I won't give up on my ghosts

I'll carry them until my final breath

Once upon a time, I wanted

You to tell me why it wasn't

Good enough for you to have

The whole world at your feet

But now I've had some time and distance

I know better than the listen

To a single syllable

You'd want to say to me

Every word you spoke was poison

Your heartfelt speeches, hollow noises

And I'm kicking myself 'cause I just couldn't see

How you could go this far

I don't stand here 'cause I want to

I never wanted to fight you

But what I want's irrelevant now

Look at where we are

And I've faced down far worse than you

And you can't keep me from the truth

I could go through all of this again

I feel the past like it's brand new

The phantoms hover just in view

You are not enough to hold me down

You won't wring any tears from me

Nor quiet admissions of defeat

As far as I'm concerned

We're not anywhere near the end

Where there's a heartbeat, there's still hope

So I won't give up on my ghosts

I'll carry them until my final breath