Heartbeat...

When I hold my breath and run my fingers across my ribs it sounds like a heartbeat...
[Your heartbeat...]
[I've always loved listening to it...]1

I once tried to hold my breath and listen to my own heartbeat...
[I never did hear it...]
[Maybe that's why I love yours so much...]2

Maybe one day I'll hear your perfect heartbeat under my skin...
[Probably not though...]
[I'll never have that type of perfection...]3

My heartstrings were once worn to the point of being oh so thin...
[Maybe they broke and...]
[Maybe that's where my heartbeat went...]4

Maybe by listening to your heartbeat I can find a rhythm for mine...
[Then I may be good...]
[But I'll still need yours to listen to...]