I am a foreigner
I don’t know my name in this tongue
I’m glad to be alive here, I’d say
But it’s hard to say
I have my family near
We dance together all day
That is foreign here, I heard
Those are foreign words
My father took me out to observe
[Bridge 1]
Evasion
Eyes pressed in
Pretending they see no life
Stumbling away from every living thing
[Bridge 2]
Yells
Nothing withheld
Until one breaks the other’s shell
It makes me want to run back to my mother’s arms
[Bridge 3]
Tension
Feel the tension
Every single place I’ve been
It sings and somehow everybody listens
Listens
Listen
[Chorus]
We can’t read this contradiction
Let us in, let us in Lord
Oh to be a learned citizen
Oh to be, oh to understand
[Verse 2]
But I am a foreigner
Maybe it’s all for nought
I hate to be lost all day
But I will today
Once again
Keep me in
Slow success
Amen
[Verse 1] I am a foreigner I don’t know my name in this tongue I’m glad to be alive here, I’d say But it’s hard to say I have my family near We dance together all day That is foreign here, I heard Those are foreign words My father took me out to observe [Bridge 1] Evasion Eyes pressed in Pretending they see no life Stumbling away from every living thing [Bridge 2] Yells Nothing withheld Until one breaks the other’s shell It makes me want to run back to my mother’s arms [Bridge 3] Tension Feel the tension Every single place I’ve been It sings and somehow everybody listens Listens Listen [Chorus] We can’t read this contradiction Let us in, let us in Lord Oh to be a learned citizen Oh to be, oh to understand [Verse 2] But I am a foreigner Maybe it’s all for nought I hate to be lost all day But I will today Once again Keep me in Slow success Amen Explain Request ×
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