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[chorus] in my chest there’s a heart that beats like a kettle drum hit, no A kettle drum beat with a cannonball sized mallet Less so beat and more so pounded Crescendo, diminuendo Accelerando, ritardando Lost my time and can’t find the beat My playing has become anything but grounded [verse] Conductor ushers me to get back in time but I lost my sheet music along the way Debilitating internal aching transformed into physical pressure on my chest plate And I don’t understand Why the kettle drum must be pounded so fiercely hard enough to break ribs [chorus] in my chest there’s a heart that beats like a kettle drum hit, no A kettle drum beat with a cannonball sized mallet Less so beat and more so pounded Crescendo, diminuendo Accelerando, ritardando Lost my time and can’t find the beat My playing has become anything but grounded [verse 2] So tell me now Do you also feel the intense internal gnawing that I do? if I detailed my grievances to you, would you understand the metaphors supplied? because I still reap the pain you sowed While you bask in the sunlight A Constant reminder that I am the sole party Afflicted By that which keeps me awake at night [chorus] in my chest there’s a heart that beats like a kettle drum hit, no A kettle drum beat with a cannonball sized mallet Less so beat and more so pounded Crescendo, diminuendo Accelerando, ritardando Lost my time and can’t find the beat My playing has become anything but grounded [break] Did you Plant the bleeding hearts in my garden? or were they already there and you just knew where to water? [chorus] in my chest there’s a heart that beats like a kettle drum hit, no A kettle drum beat with a cannonball sized mallet Less so beat and more so pounded Crescendo, diminuendo Accelerando, ritardando Lost my time and can’t find the beat My playing has become anything but grounded in my chest there’s a heart that beats like a kettle drum hit, no A kettle drum beat with a cannonball sized mallet Less so beat and more so pounded Crescendo, diminuendo Accelerando, ritardando Lost my time and can’t find the beat My playing has become anything but grounded