Testo Murmur

There’s a murmur in your heartbeat
I think it says my name
Could you ask its thief
Exactly what it’s saying?
When his head lays on your chest
I hope your heart protests
And maybe tells the brain
There’s disruption in the service
Do not adjust your set
The radio keeps playing
The song inside your head

The in-laws round for tea
Stop and ask you to repeat
The name that you just said
You try to find peace
You try to find quiet
You run from the truth
Elope with the lie

But something’s thumping
Listen to the murmur I’ve been dead so long
All I know is how to haunt
Dust, it hangs from the heart

The TV starts to flicker
Your teeth begin to shake
Your eyes roll up inside you
At last observe the brain

It’s sparking and it’s burning
There’s a memo from the heart
It reads, it reads, it reads

You’re there on the beach
Blood on your hands
You’ve buried the heart
Deep in the sand

But something’s thumping
Surrender to the murmur
I’ve been dead so long
All I know is how to haunt

I’ve been dancing some kind of
Staggering waltz
Pull the wall towards me
So I can feel something close
Dust, it hangs from the heart