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MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
The Heart Is a Muscle (Live)

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The Heart Is a Muscle (Live)

Release date: 25th October 2018

From MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)Track 56:23

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About This Track

"The Heart Is a Muscle (Live)" is a track by Gang of Youths, from the album MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne), released 25th October 2018. The track is 6:23 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Gang of Youths.

About the Artist

Gang of Youths

Gang of Youths

Lyrics

The Heart Is a Muscle (Live)

Break me off a piece of that
And mix it in with a little wine
With someone warm and smart, I guess
With a heart in first and a soul behind
And I won't give in
'Cause I wanna try again
There will be no years of silence in the shadow of regret
I won't let it so betray me, though my soul got used to it
I will look at love as more than just an instrument of pain
And will give myself completely to the moving and the strange
'Cause I wanna overcome
And try to love someone
I will not spend the years depleted of my willingness to try
It won't hurt this way forever, it ain't worth the overtime
I'm not looking for redemption nor some shallow kind of bliss
Lay me down and kiss me deeply, show me everything I missed
I haven't had enough
And I wanna love someone
I will not hurt like this forever, I'm responding to the call
While there's speakers in the outfield
Blasting out my favourite song
I will not play this out discreetly, it is real and unashamed
I am human now and terrified, but want it all the same
'Cause I wanna overcome
And try to love someone
'Cause the heart, the heart, the heart
The heart is a muscle
And I wanna make it strong
'Cause the heart, the heart, the heart
The heart is a muscle now
I wanna make it strong
I let bad love betray me once
But I was barely outta high school then
And I guess I fear the same results
That none will take me as I am
I wanna be loved, I wanna be whole again
So tuck my hair behind my ears and touch my soul again
The window is wide, the post unfulfilled
And I just ask you to be patient if you'll have me still
'Cause I wanna open up
And try to love someone
'Cause I wanna overcome
And try to love someone
The heart, the heart, the heart
The heart is a muscle
The heart, the heart, the heart
The heart is a muscle now
The heart, the heart, the heart
The heart is a muscle now
I wanna make it strong

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Track details

From MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)

6:232018

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Album

MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)

26th October 2018

Track number

5

Release year

2018

1Let Me Down Easy (Live)
6:23
2Fear and Trembling (Live)
7:16
3Keep Me in the Open (Live)
5:27
4

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Gang of Youths — Benevolence Riots (recorded for triple j) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [5:20]
Gang of Youths — Why Does It Always Rain Me (triple j Like A Version) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [3:43]
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Gang of Youths — in the wake of your leave (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — spirit boy (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [5:54]
Gang of Youths — forbearance (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [5:03]
Gang of Youths — tend the garden (from angel in realtime.) [4:27]
Gang of Youths — the kingdom is within you (from angel in realtime.) [4:23]
Gang of Youths — the angel of 8th ave. (from angel in realtime.) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — a fantastic death (demo)
Gang of Youths — brothers (from angel in realtime.) [5:54]
Gang of Youths — you in everything (from angel in realtime.) [6:52]
Gang of Youths — unison (from angel in realtime.) [5:09]
Gang of Youths — in the wake of your leave (from angel in realtime.) [4:04]
Gang of Youths — spirit boy (from angel in realtime.) [6:27]
Gang of Youths — the man himself (from angel in realtime.) [4:25]
Gang of Youths — forbearance (from angel in realtime.) [5:39]
Gang of Youths — returner (from angel in realtime.) [4:43]
Gang of Youths — hand of god (from angel in realtime.) [4:04]
Gang of Youths — goal of the century (from angel in realtime.) [7:04]
Gang of Youths — the angel of 8th ave. (from total serene - EP) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — unison (from total serene - EP) [5:09]
Gang of Youths — asleep in the back (from total serene - EP) [4:08]
Gang of Youths — What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? (Radio Edit) [3:44]
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Gang of Youths — Keep Me in the Open (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:57]
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Gang of Youths — Vital Signs (from The Positions) [7:24]
Gang of Youths — Knuckles White Dry (from The Positions) [6:11]
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Gang of Youths — Magnolia (from The Positions) [5:12]
Gang of Youths — Kansas (from The Positions) [4:09]
Gang of Youths — Restraint & Release (from The Positions) [4:41]
Gang of Youths — Benevolence Riots
Gang of Youths — Poison Drum (Abridged)
Gang of Youths — Riverlands
Gang of Youths — Evangelists
Gang of Youths — A Sudden Light (Early Demo)

All My Friends (triple j Like A Version)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
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Benevolence Riots (recorded for triple j)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
5:20
Blood (triple j Like A Version)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
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brothers (recorded for triple j)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
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Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
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Go Farther in Lightness (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
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Keep Me in the Open (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
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L'imaginaire (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
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Let Me Down Easy (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
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