Heartbeat in Motion

Seventeen years old, I lost my frame

Fell down hard, calling out in pain

Dad saw me fall,

dialed triple-nine

Said, "Hold on tight,

it'll be just fine"

In Iowa City on an operating bed

Wishing I could erase the words they said

Woke up at eight,

faces in a blur

Didn't know who they were

(who they were)

Months of therapy, learning to stand

Wheeled down the hallway,

holding a hand

Back at school

in a metal chair

Staring at the ground as they laugh and stare

I cried every single day from the pain

Sitting all alone, waiting on the rain

But they couldn't keep my spirit underground

No, they couldn't keep me down In Iowa City on an operating

bed

Wishing I could erase the words they said

Woke up at eight,

faces in a blur

Didn't know who they were

(who they were)

But we had a party

on my very last day

In Charles City, spinning the wheels away

Rolling through the halls,

laughing at last

Leaving all the hurt

in the past (yeah,

in the past)