Lyrics for Heartbeats as interpreted by mrpeachum

Heartbeats Lyrics
One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away
Both under influence
We had divine sense
To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

One night of magic rush
The start, a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

And you
You knew the hand of the devil
And you
Kept us awake with wolves' teeth
Sharing different heartbeats
In one night

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

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EL BASTARDDO
11-11-2005

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"kept us awake with botched teeth"

i can't remember hearing guitar this good before!!

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thisisfalse
12-06-2005

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This song is the song on the sony bravia commercial with balls bouncing down a san fransisco street. it's first of all an amazing song and then coupled with the absolutely gorgeous commercial - it's amazing.

here's the link for the commercial - http://www.bravia-advert.com

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issues
12-10-2005

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this guy is amazning.

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butterflies12345
12-20-2005

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this is SUCH a beautiful song, play count reaching triple figures! i don't really understand it but i think it might be about being in a mad but natural kind of love with someone and feeling like the two of you are as one. be interesting to know what others think?!

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EL BASTARDDO
12-20-2005

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I think this song is about make-up sex. His girlfriend has done something wrong possibly sleep with another man but they still love each other and they are fixing it. He still feel pissed but he can't deny that he still loves her.

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gloc9_
12-21-2005

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I don't know what this song is about but I love it and the ad... plus the first two lines... one night to be confused one night to speed up truth, me and my friend's are hooked... it's awesome.

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Tyler2004durden
01-03-2006

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This song goes right to my heart everytime I hear it. I first heard it in a Sony commercial and fell in love with it and now I can't get enough of it. B-e-a-utiful!

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Shezza
01-09-2006

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could a song be any more amazing? the guitar is hypnotising. its just pure beautiful.
iv heard 2 deffinitions of this song:
1. something to do with a relationship losing the love, and the other partner having an affair
2. a drunken sex with a one night stand or friend
...something like tht anyway.

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missat4
01-14-2006

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This song is gorgeous. Its about just one moment, one moment with somebody thats so beautiful it forgives all the bad times, and letting go because its enevitable to fall in love.

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Tethys
01-15-2006

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This song is so beautiful it expresses the emotions of that "one moment" with the person you love so perfectly it makes my heart melt everytime i hear it.

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DeadlyCombination
01-19-2006

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great song, loads of emotion, could be about forgiving someone yu love

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mkfanatic
01-22-2006

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From this

One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

it seems to be about forgiving a girl who slept with someone else. there seem to be a lot of sexual references here.

the lyrics are so beautiful, i like

Sharing different heartbeats in one night
To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough?

It gives me shivers every time.

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L-Kyne
01-23-2006

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It's too bad you can't hear a single word he says.

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EL BASTARDDO
01-25-2006

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L-Kyne,

Are you fucking deaf?

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L-Kyne
01-26-2006

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No, he just has no neither diction nor projection.

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Cariad
01-27-2006

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I think this song is beautiful. Haunting.

What I take from this is the situation of being with someone for one night, someone that you love but for what ever reason you can't be with. You both knew it was there, and whilst its sad that it can't be, theres relief in finally realising that it was real, if even just for a moment, he was not alone in those feelings.

'One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away
Both under influence
We had divine scent'

or is that way off?

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giirl
01-29-2006

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"We had a promise made
We were in love"

that hits pretty close to home.


what a hauntingly beautiful song..

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chockie
01-29-2006

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this song hits me pretty hard cause ive gone through this exact situation really falling for someone fast but realising its never gonna happen and i tell you what its a shit feeling coz you keep thinking wat could've been, the only reveiw i agree with is cariad thank you for summing the whole song up completely so no i dont think your way off

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wordsandbirds
01-29-2006

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It's a beautiful song, haunting guitar and he has an oddity of a wonderful calm voice.
As for meaning, i think it goes something like this.

"One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth"
In my opinion this is reference to the night hes spent with his cheating lover, hes confused why hes with her after shes hurt him, and hes confused why she did it. Speeding up the truth, maybe this means shes came clean to him about her affair.
"We had a promise made" stressing the loving past they shared before she did this. (the use of the word 'had'- its in the past. it wont be retained.
"Four hands and then away" again showing how it was just the two of them and now thats gone "away" as another person is involved (due to adultery).
"Both under influence" influence of alcohol. he could be referring to his girlfriend and her accompanist having a drunken one night stand, or himself and his girlfriend getting back together the night they try and sort things out.
"We had divine scent" divine is a word meaning to guess(divination), and scent can mean to suspect. All guessing and suspecting of his girlfriend cheating, i think this line means.
"To know what to say" only makes sense if you refer the last line to this one. I think he means the words he said where his suspisions.
"Mind is a razor blade" This could mean 2 things. 1) the mind is sharp, he has many accurate assumptions of his girlfriend cheating. 2) he finds it hard to think about thoughts. razorblade = pain. in his mind he thinks about images that hurt him. like a razor would hurt him. alternatively, he could mean both of those.

"To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough for me?"
hands from above, does he mean the hands of God? maybe hes just asking for comfort to help him through.

"One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch"
description of himself reuniting with his girlfriend.? (sexual refernce)
"One night to push and scream" their quarrels also in the night.
"And then relief" the quarrels finally stop, he starts to look for a way forward to get over his girlfriend.
"Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue" after the split with his girl, he has time alone thinking. spending time listening to music. red and blue colour reference to the poem 'roses are red, violets are blue'. again thinking about his lost love.
"We had a promise made
We were in love" pretty self explanitary, that bit.

"And you
You knew the hand of the devil" the metaphorical hand he was earlier talking about, the hand he was reaching out for was 'from above', but his girlfriend held the hand of the devil, she betrayed him.
"And you Kept us awake with wolves teeth" how he cant sleep, its just pain to think that while she should be in bed with him, shes sharing her bed (and herself?) with someone else.
"Sharing different heartbeats in one night" again refernece to adultery, sharing different love.

Alot of biblic reference i think. "10 days of perfect tunes" 10 commandments? (7th Commandment: do not commit adultery)
"To call for hands from above to lean on" the hands of god? and...
"You knew the hand of the devil"

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ironandwine
01-31-2006

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You do know this is a cover?

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elliott_smith00
02-01-2006

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Yeah, it is a cover. But Jose Gonzales does pretty much bring it into his own here, adds some Jose to it.

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ironandwine
02-02-2006

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Just making sure. Now about the meaning. I see it a song that develops to hope. It seems to me to be the opposite of what the majority thinks.

I think he is with a woman who is involved with another man but she is trying to get away from this man because he is abusive. : "You knew the hand of the devil"
It starts as a one night stand : "One night","Both under influence"
But then develops into a real relationship : "Ten days of perfect tunes"

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Domster
02-04-2006

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Yeah, ironandwine may well be on to something. A lot of people are talking about it being from a male perspective, with a 'girlfriend' etcetera. Of course, in the original, it's sung by a female singer.

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nickloveslyrics
02-09-2006

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Hey... here's my interpretation for what it's worth. This is a beautiful song. It perfectly describes the irst night you make love to someone you are completely head over heels for. When there isn't room for anything else in your entire consciousness but that person...

"One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth"

I think this describes losing yourself/ falling in love. Speeding up the truth is essentially just rushing in/giving in completely to emotions and disregarging rationality.

"We had a promise made
Four hands and then away"

So they tell each other they love one another, hold hands and then 'away' - i.e lost in their own world.

"Both under influence
We had divine scent"

They're drunk or wasted (or both), their attraction seems 'meant to be'

"To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade"

Every word and moment is perfect, their minds are clear/sharp and they remember everything because it's so meaningful.

"To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough for me?"

Basically, this sounds like he/she is saying that what they are experiencing is better than heaven.

"One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch"

In the place of heaven they have an exquisite moment. Like a drug. Worth more than the rest of their lives.

"One night to push and scream
And then relief"

sex. i.e heaving and moaning.

"Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love"

A short period of time where they are together and everything is perfect. rose-coloured glasses. Also - this shows that the promise made was in fact love.

"To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough for me?"

(see above)

"To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough?"

(see above)

"And you
You knew the hand of the devil
And you
Kept us awake with wolves teeth
Sharing different heartbeats in one night"

Notice the reference to the hand of the devil. (Not hands above). Their love/lust is so intense that it doesn't need love from god/the idea of heaven. The reference to wolves' teeth keeping them awake is the scavengingsavouring of every last moment they have together before they have to part.

To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough for me now?

(see above)

To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough?

(see above)

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road to nowhere
02-11-2006

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I definetely agree with cariad, and the reason why they can't be together is that they're both engaged in other relationships:

We had a promise made
Four hands and then away

Sharing different heartbeats in one night

they couldn't stop their feelings anymore, it was really a passion and relief:

One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief

the time they spend was unfortunately short,and they had to finish it,because of their relationships:

Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

and the chorus is 'bout some kind of destiny I think..:

To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough?

:)

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