In A Heartbeat
I see this life descending
Breaking my soul clean in two,
The walls are closing in on me
And I am trying hard to get to you.
The fire in my heart is raging
My pulse is racing with my heart,
This I feel may be my final hour
Where the end is of course the start.
So sing me a song or whisper a prayer
It will not be long before I am gone,
But have a heart and save me a dance
Underneath that, my Southern Sun.
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Submitted on July 04, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 89 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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