“Heart it Races” is a cover of a song originally released by Australian indie-pop band Architecture in Helsinki. Dr Dog’s version was included with various other covers of the song in the EP by Architecture in Helsinki with the same title, Heart it Races.
The song deals with themes involving divor...
[Chorus]
And we're slow to acknowledge the knots in our laces
Heart it races
And we go back to where we moved out to the places
Heart it races
[Verse 1]
I bought it in a can and stirred it with my finger
Singin' (boom-da da da da da da boom-dat dat dat dat)
Threw it out the window
Lately you've been tanned, suspicious for the winter
With your (boom-da da da da da da boom-dat dat dat dat)
Legs like little splinters
Legs like little splinters
[Chorus]
And we're slow to acknowledge the knots in the laces
Heart it races
And we go back to where we moved out to the places
Heart it races
[Verse 2]
I sold it to a man and threw him out that window
He went (boom-da da da da da da boom-dat dat dat dat)
Made his wife a widow
[Outro]
Heart it races alone
(Made his wife a widow)
Heart it races alone
Legs like little spiders
Dr. Dog released Heart It Races on Tue Jun 05 2007.
In a Q&A with The Free Weekly, vocalist and guitarist Scott McMicken said:
People aren’t putting on the record and hearing all the songs, they’re picking and choosing what they want to hear. […] Our biggest song is “Heart It Races,” which is just a cover and it’s not on an album. That’s weird....