Beat Your Heart Out
The Distillers Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
I know

Let alone to rest alone
Yeah, you're making me
I had to run
The damage is done
Give it up hey-eh, give it up hey-eh
There's nothing left take the rest
Yeah, you're draining me

I set it light it burns so bright
Stab it out, hey-eh
Stab it out, hey-eh

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
I know
Yeah, I know
Whea-eh, I know

I had to run
The damage is done
I give it up hey-eh, give it up hey-eh
I had to go
It got control
Yeah, you're breaking me
There's nothing left so take the rest
Stab it out, hey-eh
Stab it out, hey-eh
I set it light
It burns so bright
Yeah, you're draining me

You make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
I know
I know
That it's true

Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
Ohhh-oh-oh-oooh
Ohhh-oh

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster

Yeah, yeah
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

(There's nothing left so take the rest
There's nothing left so take the rest
There's nothing left so take the rest
There's nothing left so take the rest)

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster





Let alone

Overall Meaning

The Distillers's song "Beat Your Heart Out" is a high-energy, angst-filled track about a toxic relationship that is draining the singer's energy and leaving them feeling alone and broken. The song starts with the repetition of the line "Baby, you make my heart beat faster," which highlights the intense physical attraction the singer has towards their partner even though they know the relationship is causing them harm. The chorus, which is repeated multiple times throughout the song, serves as a reminder of the hold the partner has over the singer and how the singer is unable to break free from their grasp.


The verses of the song are where the true emotion comes through, as the singer sings about the damage that has been done to them and how they have had to run and give up in order to preserve their own well-being. The lines "let alone to rest alone" and "yeah, you're breaking me" allude to the isolation and emotional pain that the singer has experienced due to their partner's actions. The repeated line "stab it out" serves as a metaphor for the singer's desire to cut themselves free from the relationship.


Overall, "Beat Your Heart Out" is a powerful song that explores the complexity of toxic relationships and the difficult choices that people in such relationships often have to make. It is a song that resonates with anyone who has been in a toxic relationship and felt trapped by the intense feelings that such relationships often inspire.


Line by Line Meaning

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


I know
The singer is aware that the person being addressed makes their heart beat faster


Let alone to rest alone
The artist feels that being alone is preferable to being with the person being addressed


Yeah, you're making me
The person being addressed is causing the artist to feel a certain way


I had to run
The singer had to run away from the situation involving the person being addressed


The damage is done
The harm caused by the situation with the person being addressed is irreversible


Give it up hey-eh, give it up hey-eh
The artist wants to let go of the situation involving the person being addressed


There's nothing left take the rest
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


Yeah, you're draining me
The person being addressed is taking too much from the artist


I set it light it burns so bright
The singer created something (a relationship?) that was intense and passionate


Stab it out, hey-eh
The artist wants to end the intense and passionate situation


Stab it out, hey-eh
The singer wants to end the intense and passionate situation


I know
The singer is aware that the person being addressed makes their heart beat faster


Yeah, I know
The singer knows what they need to do to end the situation involving the person being addressed


Whea-eh, I know
The artist is resolute in their decision to end the situation involving the person being addressed


I had to go
The artist had to leave the situation involving the person being addressed


It got control
The situation with the person being addressed had too much power over the singer


Yeah, you're breaking me
The person being addressed is causing the singer to be emotionally damaged


There's nothing left so take the rest
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


Stab it out, hey-eh
The artist wants to end the situation involving the person being addressed


Stab it out, hey-eh
The artist wants to end the situation involving the person being addressed


I set it light
The singer created something (a relationship?) that was intense and passionate


It burns so bright
The intense and passionate situation the artist created was intense and passionate


Yeah, you're draining me
The person being addressed is taking too much from the singer


You make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


I know
The artist is aware that the person being addressed makes their heart beat faster


I know
The artist knows what they need to do to end the situation involving the person being addressed


That it's true
The singer believes that the situation involving the person being addressed is true


Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
The singer would rather be alone than continue the situation involving the person being addressed


Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
The artist would rather be alone than continue the situation involving the person being addressed


Let alone to rest alone, ohhh-oh-oh-ooh
The artist would rather be alone than continue the situation involving the person being addressed


Ohhh-oh-oh-oooh
The artist is emphasizing their desire to be alone


Ohhh-oh
The singer is emphasizing their desire to be alone


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the artist's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Yeah, yeah
The singer agrees with the situation described


Yeah
The artist agrees with the situation described


Yeah, yeah, yeah
The artist agrees with the situation described


Yeah, yeah
The singer agrees with the situation described


Yeah
The singer agrees with the situation described


Yeah, yeah, yeah
The artist agrees with the situation described


(There's nothing left so take the rest
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


There's nothing left so take the rest
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


There's nothing left so take the rest
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


There's nothing left so take the rest)
There is nothing else to salvage from the situation involving the person being addressed


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster


Baby, you make my heart beat faster
The person being addressed makes the singer's heart beat faster




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Song not found
Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@TheJoanSegel

LYRICS

[Hook]
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster

I know...

[Verse 1]
Let alone to rust alone
Yeah, you're making me
I had to run, the damage is done
Give it up, there
Give it up, there's nothing left, so take the rest
Yeah, you're draining meI set it light, it burns so bright
Stab it out, hey
Stab it out, hey

[Hook]
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster

I know
Yeah, I know
Hey, I know

[Verse 2]
I had to run, the damage is done
Give it up, there
Give it up, there
I had to go, it got control
Yeah, you're breaking me
There's nothing left, so take the rest
Stab it out, hey
Stab it out, hey
I set it light, it burns so bright
Yeah, you're draining me

[Hook]
You make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster

I know
Yeah, I know that it's true

[Bridge]
Let alone to rust alone, ohh
Let alone to rust alone, ohh
Let alone to rust alone, ohh
Ohh, ohh

[Hook]
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster

(There's nothing left, so take the rest)
(There's nothing left, so take the rest)
(There's nothing left, so take the rest)
(There's nothing left, so take the rest)

Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Baby, you make my heart beat faster
Let alone...



All comments from YouTube:

@rhysking3597

I'm 20 years late to the party but wow, where has this band been all my life

@TheRamile

Same!

@uhhhhyourmom

She has such a good voice. This bands inclusion in the soundtrack of one of those old Tony Hawk games helped form my musical foundation and for that I’m eternally grateful. Peace.

@mayakyen3695

Hehe love yur DP. 🤭😝🤘🏾

@brandoncazares8452

Same here buddy. This song made me grow up with the video game Tony hawks underground 2 I always used to play it as a kid at my grandmas house.

@chungaful

heheh and also the song dismantle me its on MTX mototrax for ps2

@novatare

well, this is my first time hearing that the singer is a woman. you learn something new every day.

@winndixie6361

Gotta give more credits to Tim for getting her out of Australia and introducing her to los Angeles and thus her getting a huge jump from rancid to form distillers..she's definitely an amazing woman...

4 More Replies...

@DonoTheGamer

Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 will always be my favorite Tony Hawk game. The music made my childhood 10x better.

@handzkhalifa2974

Yesssssss absolutely Tony Bam and the jackass crew were all icons for me!

More Comments

More Versions