Music in a Foreign Language

I am cold, distant, increasingly resistant to your smile

And this I don't deny

You are bold, beautiful, I'm always going to be in love with you

Amphetamines or none

You say - Give it to me straight

Well I already did

There isn't any more

And what pale fire I ever had is gone

But you don't want to hear that in a song

Music in a foreign language

Words that we don't understand

Melodies won't come between us

And even if you wanted - we can't sing along

La la la...

I heard a voice - resonant, born of Scandinavian descent

I didn't comprehend a single word, sentence

My stunted sensibility content

To listen without words

I'll try to give it to you straight

My heart is almost full - there's not a lot of space

And so forgive me if I'm less than awed

By your world weary twenty-six year old

Music in a foreign language

Words that we don't understand

Melodies won't come between us

And even if you wanted - we can't sing along

La la la...

You say I'm dry - a scientist

No mate for the lioness you are

Yes - I can hear you roar