Native Tongue

Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue
Sing the words of the wise and the young
Show me the place where your words come from
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Love's the language, love’s your native tongue

[Verse 2]
Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
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The same word from where the stars are flung
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Love's the language, love's your native tongue

[Chorus]
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
My friend, where did we go wrong?
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My Lord, we forgot our song
My soul such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

[Verse 3]
Sing it to me, whisper into my ear
Accuser’s voices start to disappear
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In the wind, in the tongues of the flame
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In my soul, in my one true name, oh

[Verse 4]
Back before we learned the words to start a fight
Back before they told us that the haters were right
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He spoke the truth, "Let there be" and there was
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Love's the language, love's your native tongue

[Chorus]
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

[Bridge]
So sing it out, get loud, get
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Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
Even when they try to drown you out, eh
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
So sing it out, get loud, get
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Louder than the darkness and the doubts, eh
Louder than the curses and the shouts, yeah
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh

[Chorus]
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

[Outro]
[Refrão]
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
To sing it like when we were young
Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
Maybe we could learn to sing along
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows

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