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HEARTBEAT

The teachings handed down
From child to child to child
One steps out to find the light
Another spark dies

They are married sixty years
Sixty years of push and pull
They are married sixty years
Sixty years of push and pull
Heartbeat on wood
Heartbeat on wood

The glass has frosted over
All they see is night
The world is full of weeping
Unquiet in its sleep
Others dance and jump the waves
Muffled sorrow above
Drenched in watery hills
Floating in love

You know I love you dearer than the day before

She looks to the window
He leans against the door
Heartbeat on wood
Heartbeat on wood

The tears fall down
He can't look from up here
I'm not better but I'm trying now
I'm not better but I'm trying

Blinded by the ether
Losing and learning
Clutching at hindsight
And losing it all

Keep my manner safe when it stays don't go cold
Keep my manner safe when it stays don't go cold
Keep my manner straight when it strays don't go cold
Keep my manner safe when it stays don't go cold

She looks to the window
They've been married sixty years
He leans against the door
They've been married sixty years

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from After This Day EP, released June 5, 2020
Alice Grant - voice
Tom Herbert - double bass
Heartbeat by Alice Grant

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Moats & Thrones London, UK

Moats and Thrones is a duo of voice and double bass, whose stripped back musical style frames otherworldly songs of love and loss. Husband and wife Tom Herbert (The Invisible, Polar Bear) and Alice Grant (Matthew Herbert Big Band, Fulborn Teversham) draw on their years of playing pop, jazz and folk on London’s eclectic music scene to create a beautifully haunting and intimate sound world. ... more

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