[Verse 1]
Every word I used to say
Fell like chalk dust in the rain
Smudged lines
Half-truths
Blurred signs
I was talking over my own pain
Then you said
“Breathe between the letters
Slow”
Let the silence underline
What I already know
[Chorus]
I want a diamond tongue
Clear heart
Every line a living spark
Cutting through the static in my chest
Every syllable in its place
Like a sunrise on a face
Lighting up the shadows I kept
Let my language lift
Let my language lift me up
[Verse 2]
Used to rhyme “love” with “leave”
Like that’s all it ever means
Cheap ink
On skin that couldn’t breathe
Fading in the shower steam
Now I write
Names for every shade of light
Call my fear by what it is
Watch it soften overnight
[Chorus]
I want a diamond tongue
Clear heart
Every line a living spark
Cutting through the static in my chest
Every syllable in its place
Like a sunrise on a face
Lighting up the shadows I kept
Let my language lift
Let my language lift me up
[Bridge]
Say it clean
Say it kind
Say the thing I always hide
(oh, I’m tired of hiding)
New breath
New sound
Every word a steady ground
[Chorus]
I want a diamond tongue
Clear heart
Every line a living spark
Cutting through the static in my chest
Every syllable in its place
Like a sunrise on a face
Lighting up the shadows I kept
Let my language lift
Let my language lift me up
(let my language lift)
Let my language lift me up