Native Tongue
Switchfoot
Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer
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 the 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 the language, love is your native tongue My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue My friend, where did we go wrong? My Lord, we forgot our sound My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) (My native tongue) (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) (My native tongue) Sing it to me, whisper into my ear Accuser's voices start to disappear In the wind, in the tongues of the flame In my soul, in my one true name, oh Back before we learned the words to start a fight Back before they told us that the haters were right He spoke the truth, "let there be" and there was Love is the language, love is your native tongue My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue My friend, where did we go wrong? My Lord, we forgot our sound My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue So sing it loud, get loud, get Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah Even when they tried to drown you out, eh Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue So sing it out, get loud, get Louder than the darkness and the doubts, eh Louder than the curses and the shouts, yeah Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue My friend, where did we go wrong? My Lord, we forgot our sound My soul, such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) (My native tongue) (Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) I want the world to sing in her 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 her native tongue Maybe we could learn to sing along To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows I want the world to sing in her 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 her native tongue Maybe we could learn to sing along To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows
The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.com
Written by: Brent Kutzle, Jonathan Mark Foreman, Timothy David Foreman
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Citation
Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Native Tongue Lyrics." Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 May 2024. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/35913479/Switchfoot/Native+Tongue>.
Discuss the Native Tongue Lyrics with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In