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Heartbeat is a Prisoner Lyrics by SHIRA

Subtle Creature

2016

[Verse 1: SHIRA]
Catch me roadside trying to clear
The dust out of my lungs
And if I go slow everyone knows
It's 'cause I got something in my eyes
Nose running like I'm five
I'm running like I'm fire
And the saltwater is a sign
Of the long road
[Chorus: SHIRA]
Heartbeat is a prisoner
The beat is a prisoner
Taking the long road
The beat is a prisoner
Taking the hunger strike
The beat is a prisoner
Heartbeat is a prisoner
Taking the long road
Love is a hunger
[Verse 2: SHIRA]
I don't know how you do it
Stranded in the quiet
The pain is a choir
Its elegant inelegant design
I don't know how you do it though
Staying alive on the west side
Everything is a terrible crime
And even the rain don't wanna come down
How does he do it?
The cockroach, how does he stay alive?
My heart's too big to survive
Too big to survive
How does he do it?
The cockroach, how does he stay alive?
My heart's too big to survive
Too big to survive
[Verse 3: Mal Devisa]
I wanna be reborn with the jazz still playing
In a back alley in my home town
Get lit from the heatstroke brought on by the music
Oh God, the music
I am the quiet before the ugliest rain
Can you feel me in your knees?
I am running with the breeze
Dodging eyes and walking free
You can find me howling
In a moonlight scene
They'll hunt me down
But I'm known for showing teeth
[Verse 4: SHIRA]
It's really coming down out there
Cats and dogs out there
Cats, dogs, rats, and pigeons out there
I'm really not going anywhere
And if I may I'm a lot like God
I'm not a crier, I just cry a lot
And if I may I'm a lot like God
I'm not dead, I just die daily
And I used to be shy
Till I drank the garden dry
Now I can't help but notice
At the bodega a bucket full of roses
Choked on still water
As if that's all they really wanted
And I know you've been there
I know you've been there
Don't know where you've been
But I know you've been
Tenuous religion
Russian roulette precision
Russian dolls you open
Just to find another demon
Library visit
Running through the stacks
Just to find a ghost
You can hold that holds you back
And it rolls of the tongue
Like a cannonball
If you can't catch me
You can't catch at all
[Chorus: SHIRA]
Heartbeat is a prisoner
The beat is a prisoner
Taking the long road
The beat is a prisoner
Taking the hunger strike
The beat is a prisoner
Heartbeat is a prisoner
Taking the long road
Love is a hunger
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SHIRA

SHIRA

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"Heartbeat is a Prisoner" appears on "Subtle Creature" in 2016.

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