Wild Silk - Stand Up lyrics

I'm walking round the ancient quarters Their owners left them long ago Maybe time forgot those houses Rushing where it had to go Once somebody chanced to tell me What they knew of life and d**h About the way things keep on changing And how to hear our hidden breath Stand up for nothing less and nothing more Than love, for love is our heartbeat And the dearest thing we have Stand up for nothing less and nothing more Than love, for love is our heartbeat And the dearest thing we have I'm walking through the living history On a shining summer day What blooms and fades...tells a story: Tales of slendour and decay Dusty pearls from another time Juwels form forgotten days Stones and walls that confite in me Secrets of the human race Stand up for nothing less and nothing more Than love, for love is our heartbeat And the dearest thing we have