A drummer keeps me steady to guide the rhythm of a song, an earthy red root vegetable shares my exact sound, and seeing your Valentine in the doorway makes me skip within your ribs. What am I?
A beat
'Beat' is musical tempo and the pulse of a heartbeat, while sounding identical to 'beet', the deep red root vegetable.
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