[E]And the [C#m]heart is hard to [E]translate
It has a [A]language of its [E]own
It [C#m]talks in tongues and [E]quiet sighs
And [A]prayers and [E]proclamations
In the [C#m]grand deeds of [E]great men
In the [A]smallest of [E]gestures
[C#m]In short, shallow [E] [A]gasps
[Dm]But with all my [Em]education
I can’t seem to command [F]it
And the words are all [G]escaping
And coming back all [Dm]damaged
And I would put them back in [Em]poetry
If I only knew [F]how
I can’t seem to [G]understand it
And I would give [C]all this and [Am]heaven too
I would [F]give it all if only for a [Dm]moment
That I [G]could just [C]
understand the meaning of the [Am]word you see
‘Cause I’ve been [F]scrawling it forever
But it [Dm]never makes [G]sense to me at [E]all
And it [C#m]talks to me, it [E]tip-toes
And it [A]sings to me [E]inside
It cries [C#m]out in the darkest [E]night
And [A]breaks in the morning [Dm]light
[Dm]But with all my [Em]education
I can’t seem to command [F]it
And the words are all [G]escaping
And coming back all [Dm]damaged
And I would put them back in [Em]poetry
If I only knew [F]how
I can’t seem to [G]understand it
And I would give [C]all this and [Am]heaven too
I would [F]give it all if only for a [Dm]moment
That I [G]could just [C]understand
the meaning of the [Am]word you see
‘Cause I’ve been [F]scrawling it forever [C]
But it [Dm]never makes [G]sense to me at [Cmaj7]all
[C] [Am]Mmmmmm, ooh-ooh
[C]Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Dm]Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[C]Oh, [Am]oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh, [C]Oh-oh-oh-oh [Dm] [G]Oh-oh-oh-oh
And I would give [C]all this and [Am]heaven too
I would [F]give it all if only for a [Dm]moment
That I [G]could just [C]understand
the meaning of the [Am]word you see
‘Cause I’ve been [F]scrawling it forever
But it [Dm]never makes [G]sense to me at [C]all
[C]No [Am] [F]words
Poor [Dm]language, it [G]doesn’t deserve such [C]treatment
And all my [Am]stumbling phrases never [F]amounted
To anything [Dm]worth [G]this [C]feeling
All this and [Am]Heaven
[F]Never could describe such a [Dm]feeling as I [G]feel and
[C]Words were never so [Am]useful
So I was [F]screaming out a language that I
[Dm]Never knew [G]existed [C]before
