When giving your heart away is not about Love

I wrote this song while practicing as a doctor, prior to my foray into music. At that time, I used to see several patients with end-stage heart disease. For some of them, a heart transplant (which is the transfer of heart from a brain-dead person we call as donor) remains the only hope for survival. Unfortunately, heart transplant rates remain abysmally low in our country due to several reasons (a discussion for a later date). On the bright side however, friends in my Institute’s organ transplant unit would narrate stories of acts of compassion and courage by relatives of donors. Many of these would include conversations the relatives had had with the unfortunate victims during their lifetime, mentioning how they had already pledged to donate in the event of death.

This song is an ode to this selfless act. It is written from point of view of the donor, a victim of a surfing accident.

My Heart Beats for Thee

Verse (V) 1

My heart’s been my friend and my guide

It taught me to follow what’s always right

When it saw your yearning, felt your pain

It told me, it’ll never be with me again

Voices screamed, my brain tugged hard,

But my heart floated away, on its chosen path

Chorus (C)

Cause though it’s always been with me

Your calling made it long to be free

My heart once made me live, and now it beats for thee!

V2

I had a strange dream, as a young child

Was riding the waters, into the wild

My brain woke me and warned, you will drown

But my little heart, it egged me on

The dream ended, but gave me the sign

A surfer I became, it worked out fine

C

Cause though it’s always been with me

Your calling made it long to be free

My heart once made me live, and now beats for thee!

V3

I skimmed the surface, kissed the waves

I twisted and created, mind bending caves

And though a crash it was, after each tryst

My heart always made me look over the mist

Never leaving my side, never one to cheat

Till I performed that last, impossible feat

C (I ask the heart)

I thought you would always be with me

Keep me young, wild and free

Then why can’t this friendship last, till eternity

V4 (the heart replies)

I am like your soul, that served you well

Why would I now wish for eternal rest?

If its your time to go, pardon me

Cause I could still reside in another’s breast

So honour your right, and help wipe another’s tear

Go make the pledge, and do not fear

C

Cause though it’s always been with me

Your calling made it long to be free

My heart once made me live, and now beats for thee

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