Be Still My Heart
1934LYRICS
Be still, my heart
I can tell who's knocking at my door
Love has come to say that we must part
Be still, my heart
Just read those eyes
Trembling lips that don't know where to start
Even though you know they're telling lies
Be still, my heart
He hears the rumbling of a drum
It bids him come and he must go
He's leaving me and leaving you
For someone new
And though we'll miss him so
We'll never let him know
Don't cry, my heart
Even though our Love has gone away
He'll be coming back to us some day
Be still, my heart
SONG NOTES
Though this song is ostensibly about a personified 'Love', the choice of the writers to use he/him pronouns for the character easily allows it to be read as a song of gay longing. Furthermore, the use of 'we' and 'us' to denote the narrator and his heart enables the listener to imagine the possibility of a queer polyamorous relationship.
Other versions sung by men do exist in which 'Love' is described with 'she/her' pronouns, leading to a much straighter sounding rendition.
RECORD LABEL
Brunswick
LANGUAGE
English
FEATURED IN
Theodora Goes Wild [film]
CITATION
Brunswick - 6998. 'Freddy Martin And His Orchestra – What A Difference A Day Made / Be Still, My Heart!' 1934. On Discogs. 2026. https://www.discogs.com/release/27012033-Freddy-Martin-And-His-Orchestra-What-A-Difference-A-Day-Made-Be-Still-My-Heart