Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist

Dalia never showed me nothing but kindness

She would say, "I know how sad you get

And some days I still get that way, but it gets better

It gets better, it gets better. Sweetie, it gets better, I promise you"

And she tells me, "your heart is a muscle the size of your fist

Keep on loving, keep on fighting

And hold on, and hold on, hold on for your life"

Ian built a cabin in the woods to live in

For years, terrifying noises kept him up at night

With a twelve gauge under his pillow

He's living in Boston now, going to art school

I forgive him, I forgive him, hell I'll admit it: I'm proud of him

Serena's an architect and a carpenter

She's such a feminist, she says she isn't one

Because goddamn, my gender shouldn't matter

And her motorcycle glides through the streets of Providence

Down to the warehouse district

The paint job is as stunning as her knowledge

Of medieval building techniques

Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist

Keep on loving, keep on fighting

And hold on, and hold on, hold on for your life

This one goes out to Georgios, he knows how to dance

Abby Banks, your book is beautiful, and fuck anyone who says otherwise

Scott, I love you and you make me glad to be alive

I promise that I'm gonna pay you back

You always know how funny everything is

Even when I'm so serious that it's gonna be the death of me

Like the time that our friend Chuck came over to our house

He said he needed somebody to take care of his pets

Because he was going out of town

I asked him, "where?" and he said, "New Mexico"

I asked if I could get a ride

He said, "no, you don't want to follow me

Where it is that I'm going"

He backed out of the drive way; it was the last time we saw him

'Cause he drove straight to his parent's cabin

And put a bullet in his head

your heart is a muscle the size of your fist

Keep on loving, keep on fighting

And hold on, and hold on, hold on for your life

your heart is a muscle the size of your fist

Keep on loving, keep on fighting

And hold on, and hold on, hold on for your life