I know what I have to do
I can feel it in my blood
This day that I’m living…
Is the tomorrow my father wanted to live
Connected lives reside here
And your journey is pulsating
Running upon tracks of blood
Are hundreds of billions of heartbeats
So small, yet so sure
Your hands grasps mine back
The warmth that I embrace
Is the future of the family my father wanted to love
Never stagnant
Never ending
A beat that keeps on ticking
The flowing of blood teaches me
The meaning of life, the path of life
The flowing of blood leads to
The meaning of today, the path of tomorrow
Sometimes the water gets muddy
Sometimes the water becomes clear
Each person has their own river
Each one has its own destiny
If you were here
If I were able to hold your hand
If I were able to embrace your warmth
I wonder how you might have smiled
Never stagnant
Never ending
A beat that keeps on ticking
If love were to be wounded
Then only love can attend to it
If love were to be broken
Then only love can protect it
Eventually
You will hurt someone else
And surely, eventually
You will be hurt by someone else
The people I’ve hurt
The family my mother protected
The wind of the hometown I ran from
And the home my father wanted to return to
Never stagnant
Never ending
A beat that keeps on ticking
This heartbeat connects me
To my father and mother
The flowing of blood teaches me
The meaning of life, the path of life
The flowing of blood leads to
The meaning of today, the path of tomorrow
My father’s journey becomes my journey
My journey becomes your journey
Running upon tracks of blood
Are hundreds of billions of heartbeats