Lyrics
[Intro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh
[Verse 1]
I say the words you gave me
Hands full of borrowed glass
You call it conversation
I built a house of grass
One tongue two languages
I'm catching what you mean
The river learns the shoreline
The way you turn unseen
[Pre-Chorus]
So tell me what you meant when you said
The quiet word that never left
[Chorus]
Metaphor language
Everything is something else
Metaphor language
Catch the little truth you felt
I translate and I translate
Circle back around
Metaphor language
Louder than the sound
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
Say it soft say it slow
Oh-oh-oh
Let the hidden meaning go
[Verse 2]
You talk about the weather
But you're talking about the rain
I'm peeling off the layers
Trying to read the strain
A ship without a compass
A compass without north
I finger every phrase
And turn the meaning forth
[Pre-Chorus]
So tell me what you meant when you said
The echo hanging overhead
[Chorus]
Metaphor language
Everything is something else
Metaphor language
Catch the little truth you felt
I translate and I translate
Circle back around
Metaphor language
Louder than the sound
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
Say it soft say it slow
Oh-oh-oh
Let the hidden meaning go
[Bridge]
Maybe I read between the lines
Maybe I drew the wrong design
Maybe your words were only mine
Maybe the figure never signs
[Mm]
Mmm
Mmm
[Chorus]
Metaphor language
Everything is something else
Metaphor language
Catch the little truth you felt
I translate and I translate
Circle back around
Metaphor language
Louder than the sound
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
Say it soft say it slow
Oh-oh-oh
Let the hidden meaning go
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh
[Outro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh
Let it go