I’ve got a heart that beats
But it’s making a mess
A red pool growing bigger in time
It’s the beat of our song
That love pours forth
Red drips on the page
Our story forever alive
Part of our hearts and in the books
You patch me up
I wait to heal
Your love is a band-aid
A mere temporary seal
Love stabs, love wounds
But the blood keeps pumping
Through my body and through that hole
Yet I’m still alive
These words make scabs
Flesh covering flesh again
To keep myself whole
Where a scar remains
Love scars, never gone
For once united, always a part
A dead X marks the spot
Of a buried seed, growing inward
You patch me up
I wait to heal
Your love is a band-aid
A mere temporary seal
Love stabs, love wounds
But the blood keeps pumping
Through my body and through that hole
Yet I’m still alive
Cage behind heartstrings
Our love stays captive
Two hearts together
Separated in new reality
Arms outstretched we see
A new embrace outside
That hugs the free
And the chamber stays deep
You patch me up
I wait to heal
Your love is a band-aid
A mere temporary seal
Love stabs, love wounds
But the blood keeps pumping
Through my body and through that hole
Yet I’m still alive