She spends these nights standing at the end of a cliff Nervously pacing Preaching the rhetoric Gospel of petty things To ignorant to battle with her crumbling mental state Heartbeat this just isn't me God knows she's coming 'round the bend He spends each day digging deeper a hole in the ground Transfixed on Sad truths in melodies Same simple running themes Fear of the buried things deep in his bloodstream Heartbeat Is this part of me It's simple to walk off and play pretend All is just fine Lately I've been a fool Shot off my mouth again Now the walls are caving in Darling You tighten the noose On all the little things That let me breathe without you Passing time is a bearer of bad news and cryptic messages Defying the rhetoric Gospel of empty things Afraid of the violence that hides in my bloodstream Heartbeat is this part of me God knows I'm coming 'round the bend Man your guns for a long night Tilting at windmills for the last time It's simple to walk off Put your head in the sand All is just fine Lately I've been a fool Shot off my mouth again Now the walls are caving in Darling You tighten the noose On all the little things That let me breathe with out you That let me breathe with out you