Turn That Heartbeat Over Again Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Karlin 

Cover art for Turn That Heartbeat Over Again lyrics by Steely Dan

It has been playing in my head all day. Its one of the greatest ones [I know, they all are].

Ya, but it sounds a bit like incest too. Perhaps it is a song about someone who turned into an abuser himself, and has all that to deal with.

"love your moma, love your brother" - his dad doing it to the family?

In any case, the lyric "Turn that Heartbeat Over Again" is a very intriguing line no matter what it means, a classic. Its like it describes a certain part of the human condition that we otherwise cannot grasp. It could trigger some meaning to you that you have trouble putting into words, or that you never thought about before but you knew you were feeling them.

And when combined with the music, that simple melody on those 5 words, and then the break to sparse instrumentation, then with harmony at the end - you can hear it now, right? Ahhhh, its great.