Second Heartbeat Songtext
von Urthboy

There′s nothing I'm running from
Tell you where I′m coming from
I know where I've been
I've been with you, you′ve been with me

A leather bound diary, faded handwriting
Great granddad thought it was a war worth fighting
He ended up surviving, had a daughter named Dot
That′s my grandma, fell in love and married her boss
That's my grandpa, had a little hairdressing shop
In Lakemba, first child, ninth of December
In the years following the war ending
A baby boom setting, and now we call ′em boomers
Hey ma, you were a straight laced girl, say what?
My man got hitched to a chain smoking guy, say what?

I got a bit of both sides, no surprise, say what?

Like you're looking through my different coloured eyes, say what?

I got blue from brown and green songs of Donald Byrd
The trumpets that came from a thirty-three and a third
Maybe they got me, my memory is a cluster of notes


Forming a familiar melody, I swear that I know

Stress in the morning, stress in the evening
Stress is what I′m feeling, it's no wonder I ain′t breathing
Music is my life from before I could breathe
'Cause my daddy sang my mummy some melodious keys
Melodious Jeep, melodious leap
In the end was the birth of melodious me

Picked up the tune when I was in the womb
And I promised I would pride 'em with the songs that I′m doing
I wonder if they thought that I could change the world
If I could change the world, well I would change myself

First borns always seem to know better
The past is in the future so I get to know better
Get to breathe better, get to dream better
You paid for my college so I get to eat better
I saw you in the past working long hours daddy
I saw mama do dreams so we could be happy
It′s deep, like my African lineage
I bet you're gonna eat up my African lineage


Ode to the ancestors
′Cause they answered prayers, 'cause they answered prayers

There′s nothing I'm running from
Tell you where I′m coming from
I know where I've been
I've been with you, you′ve been with me

The pulse beats inside of me

You may not even know
Things you don′t know are something you feel
Fading like photos, something so real
It's like there′s a second heartbeat
A right to lead me home
Things you don't know are something you feel
Fading like photos, something so real

Subconscious is monstrous
Underneath like the Loch Ness
Never seen but ever present like my blackness
Muffing out my flow to check my bestness
Making waves like the flowing song of my ancestors
Digging ′neath the layers
Trying to see what they're saying
Looks like I found a treasure worth displaying
I take it down from the shelf
Shine it up like a diamond, see what it′s worth

And I know some things they are forever
Know some things they hold together
I won't walk this road alone
I won't walk this road alone
And I know some things they are forever
Know some things they hold together
I won′t walk this road alone
I won′t walk this road alone

There's nothing I′m running from
Tell you where I'm coming from
I know where I′ve been
I've been with you, you′ve been with me

The pulse beats inside of me

You may not even know
Things you don't know are something you feel
Fading like photos, something so real
It's like there′s a second heartbeat
A right to lead me home
Things you don′t know are something you feel
Fading like photos, something so real

There's nothing I′m running from
Tell you where I'm coming from
I know where I′ve been
I've been with you, you′ve been with me
There's nothing I'm running from
Tell you where I′m coming from
I know where I′ve been
I've been with you, you′ve been with me