Nobody Knows But We Sing It

Drop

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Verse 1

Smoke curls off the rooftops slow

My grandmother hums a tune I don't know

Saffron and salt on my hands

A language I lost somewhere in the sand

I hum along wrong but I hum along

Pre-Chorus

Bam bum bam bum

Bam bum bam bum

Chorus

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Say it till my throat goes numb

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Drop

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Verse 2

My mother's tongue sits in my chest

A door I keep forgetting to test

I ask her what the old words mean

She laughs says nobody knows

Says nobody knows but we sing it

Pre-Chorus

Bam bum bam bum

Bam bum bam bum

Chorus

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Say it till my throat goes numb

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Bridge

Carry the sound carry the sound

Carry it over carry it round

Nobody knows what it means

But my whole family knows how it sounds

Chorus

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Say it till my throat goes numb

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Drop

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Eh ehli baladula bambumleyli bam bum

Bam bum bam bum

Bam bum bam bum