Lyrics to
Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart

This version of Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart was released by Styx in 1972.

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if it’s my time to die today
please God oh make it fast
balanced on this point for a year and half
I just don’t think I can last

there’s a man who’s laid to rest
the man who gave me my start
I wish I could quit but I can’t and it’s rough
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart

so please all you people
don’t you grieve for me
the blood in my veins is black and I can’t bleed

I’ve suffered the pain
and all I can face is the dark
oh, Lord, quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart

now my bags are almost packed
the train’s about to depart
I wish I could quit but I can’t and it’s rough
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart
quick is the beat of my heart

if it’s my time to die…

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Styx. Some of the lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Styx and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart" means the words set to the music of Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart and the lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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