Japanese Songtext
von Matt Nathanson

Was taught you plant flowers
With seeds and a hammer
Was taught that if you got too high
They kick out the ladder
Gimme somethin′ fragile
And it's probably gonna shatter

And I hate it
Why can′t I be happy for once?
Happy because you give me
Everything I've been missin'

Love might as well be in Japanese
Or some other language I don′t speak
Sounds pretty and a little bit sad
And I′m tryin' my best
But don′t understand
All of it's lost on me
Like Japanese


You were in a purple dress
On the first day of college
I could light a room on fire
Without ever being honest
And everything we didn′t say
Yeah, well, it came back to haunt us

And I hate it
Why can't I be happy for once?
Happy because you give me
Everything I′ve been missin'

Love might as well be in Japanese
Or some other language I don't speak
Sounds pretty and a little bit sad
But it′s a whole bunch of things
That I don′t understand
All of it's lost on me
Like Japanese
Japanese

You′ve always been the safe word
I've always been the panic
You′ve always been my lifeboat, yeah
And I'm your Titanic


Love might as well be in Japanese
Or some other language I don′t speak
Sounds pretty and a little bit sad
But it's a whole bunch of words
That I don't understand
All of it′s lost on me
Like Japanese
Japanese