- hideous heart! - - hideous heart! - ... - hideous heart! ...- They say your ailing doves get caught They say her peace will make you weak They now obtain your words by fraud And modulate them as they speak - heart! - - hideous heart! - - hideous heart! ...- Beyond her walls I shatter mine Towards her charming lies I crawl Her heart got sore as she found mine Into her liquid arms I fall ... and now - again - hark! louder! louder! louder! LOUDER! "Villains!" "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! tear up the planks! here, here! it is the beating of his hideous heart!" ...
Her noiseless treads delight my ears I bury dreams along her shore In radiant black her gliding tears Under her surface so much more ... And still - the men - chatted - pleasantly, and smiled - Was it possible - they heard not? ... Beyond her walls I shatter mine Towards her charming lies I crawl Her heart got sore as she found mine Into her liquid arms I fall ... And still - the men - chatted - pleasantly, and smiled - Was it possible - they heard not? - heart! - - hideous heart! - - hideous heart! - - hideous heart! -