Your heartbeat is pulsing at night in your chest It's gold and it's glowing with all the life you have left I received your words from hospitals where you felt alone Your words like smoke, they made me sick but they kept me warm Run where you'll be safe Through the garden gates To the shelter of magnolias Your eyes are like sea glass, so weathered and worn From all they've seen of adolescence torn The lovers who have tainted you, they pulled you into the night They touched your skin with velvet gloves and made you feel alive Run where you'll be safe Through the garden gates To the shelter of magnolias There's not much time The blush in the sky begins to fade You are weathered and worn Your petals soft and torn The fading color You have bent your shoulders To hold the weight of the world You will surely shatter Run where you'll be safe Through the garden gates To the shelter of magnolias There's not much time The blush in the sky begins to fade