The day drags like a dead thing So the night is for mending Baby, I'll hold your hand Not everybody understands us There is a tongue that we speak in No one else got the meaning But they don't, I have Not everybody understands us Cause sometimes my heart hurts to watch you There's a blind spot that I can't get to Sometimes you seem like a lost cause Breathe a second, feel the pregnant pause Speak to me in our tongue When all the words only come out wrong Speak to me in our tongue A pillow talk patois from a land long gone Cause sometimes my heart hurts to watch you There's a blind spot that I can't get to Sometimes you seem like a lost cause Breathe a second, feel the pregnant Pause Sometimes you seem like a lost cause Breathe a second, feel the pregnant pause