BY THE TIME
By the time this gets to you the language will be nonsense
Words all lose their meaning by the time they leave the tongue
Some songs ain't about making this whole world understand you
Words just speak for moments like the light speaks for the sun
The sky opened up, the sun came inThe light made rainbows of our skin
Our tongues got it on so beautifulWith kisses like it was dutiful
A love embrace that wouldn't last - some words just come to fast
By the time this gets to you the language will be nonsense
I ain't gonna sit here tryin' to make up some excuse
Spend a hundred bucks on what you used to get for 10 cents
Find yourself a tongue and put your head to better useI don't know what you said
Hey tongue find a headCaught you askin' the grass, why it grows
Heard you askin' the rose, why it roseWhat's to reason in all of our desires?
We make only ashes with these firesBut beautiful to watch them burn
When will we all learn?So much I thieved and so much broken
Where are the words that take two tongues to be spoken
Where are the words that can't be repeated
Sick of these people all talking night, trying to get by on yesterday's light
World will do better when they all learnIt's beautiful to watch it turn