‘Feel My Pulse’ — The Song by WeHo Residents Evokes the Pain and Love of the Orlando Massacre

“The song we’ve been waiting for,” is how MCNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell described the incredibly moving tribute above by WeHo’s Eli Lieb and Brandon Skeie to the 49 victims of the mass murder last weekend at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub. They wrote the song in under two hours and recorded it in their West Hollywood studio and filmed people on the streets of West Hollywood for background. They are making it available for download free of charge. Visit MSNBC to see O’Donnell’s interview with Lieb and Skeie.

Here are the lyrics:

So you say this is human
Your heartbeat versus mine
Im in chains cause I’m choosing
showing love or living life
I shouldn’t have to leave where I stand
I shouldn’t have to change who I am
To count as a human
Feel my pulse
With your hand on my heart
You know it beats just as hard as yours
Feel my pulse
Feel my pulse
Can’t you see that im scarredI’m just the same as you are so just
Feel my pulse
I wish I could reach them
And strip away what separates
It’s the same air we’re breathing
The same tears run down our face
So I don’t have to leave where I stand
And I don’t have to change who I am
To count as a human
Feel my pulse
With your hand on my heart
You know it beats just as hard as yours
Feel my pulse
Feel my pulse
Can’t you see that im scarred
I’m just the same as you are so just
Feel my pulse