One Common Heartbeat

A Leather Anthem for the Twentieth Anniversary of IML

Lyrics by Gary Aldrich and Kevin Tyrrell

Verse One

Verse Two

One common heartbeat.
One leather nation.
We're growing stronger day by day.
Brothers and sisters,
Our destination
Is just a heartbeat away.

One common passion
Fills our desire
To be ourselves, to have the right
To self-expression,
And to inspire
The road from darkness to light!

Join in our journey:
Heart, mind and spirit.
Respect ourselves for who we are.
Trusting, safe, sane, consenting,
We can love without fear, it
Is time to stand and reach for the stars!

Care for your brother
Now, while he's living;
These bonds were formed when time began.
Pass the torch, light the future,
Give him all you can give.
We're his family, alone he's just one man.

One common heartbeat.
One dedication.
One tribe, one clan, we have a say!
Masters and servants,
This declaration
Is just a heartbeat away.

One common passion,
One Ring of Fire,
One conflagration we ignite.
We have the power.
Now we aspire
In leather pride to unite.

Old Guard, you teach us,
New Guard, you reach us.
Our common unity is clear.
Loving as we have chosen,
Let us live without fear!
Our community is singing, you can hear...

Honor and leather
Bind us together.
In uniform our wings take flight.
Brothers, sisters, and lovers,
Let us conquer the night,
This vision kept forever in our sight:

One common heartbeat.
One leather nation.
We're growing stronger day by day.
Brothers and sisters,
Our destination
Is just a heartbeat away.

One common heartbeat.
One leather nation.
We're growing stronger day by day.
Brothers and sisters,
Our destination
Is just a heartbeat away.

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