The Railway Children are a British alternative rock band, formed in Wigan in 1984. "Every Beat of the Heart" became a Top 40 hit in the UK with a peak at No. 24, and the song became a No. 1 hit on the newly founded Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S.

that's some angry sky behind me
but i don't need you here to guide me
indentify too familiar ground
and i'll keep away i'll keep away

i think i can control my need
but you're so precious when you leave
don't demonstrate this is life and death
in front of me
in front of me

every beat of the heart
just brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth
don't show me around
it's just an easy way you've found

that's a part of my life behind me
and i conclude that we can't fail to see
centre ground, better days
too familiar now to keep away

you think you can control this greed
well, turn full circle you can't fail to see
it's second place i've found the key
it's close to you i can believe

every beat of the heart
just brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth

every beat of the heart
just brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth



that's some angry sky behind me
but i don't need you here to guide me
indentify too familiar ground
and i'll keep away i'll keep away

every beat of the heart
just brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth

every beat of the heart
just brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth

every beat of the heart
brings me closer to the start
takes me further away from you
brings me closer to the truth

FAMILIAR= If something is familiar, you know it well and it is part of your experience.

PRECIOUS= Valuable; loved; dear.

DEMONSTRATE= Show; prove.

BEAT= Pulsation. When a person is alive, their heart is beating and with every beat, it pumps blood around your body. If your heart stops beating, you die. If you feel a strong emotion, such as love, your heart beats faster.

THE START= The beginning

FURTHER= Comparative of FAR (far - further - the furthest) (also: far - farther - the farthest)

FAIL TO= If you fail to do something, you don't do it; probably you try, but you can't. If "you can't fail to see", it's impossible for you not to see.

GREED= An excessive desire to get something (especially money)

TURN FULL CIRCLE= Start again.