Native Tongue Songtext
von Switchfoot

Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
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
Love is a language, love is your native tongue
Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
The same word from where the stars are flung
Love is a language, love is your native tongue


My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul′s such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our song
My soul's such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

Sing it to me, whisper into my ear
Accusers′ voices start to disappear
In the wind, in the tongues of the flame
In my soul, in my one true name, uh
Back before we learned the words to start a fight
Back before they told us that the haters were right
You spoke the truth, let there be and there was
Love is a language, love is your native tongue

My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul's such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our song
My soul's such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue


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

My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
My soul′s such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our song
My soul′s such a long way from
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

I want the world to sing in a 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 a native tongue
Maybe we could learn to sing along
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love
Use our lungs for love