[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
