“No Language In Our Lungs” is the sixth song on XTC’s fourth record “Black Sea” & subsequently is the ending song to the record’s A side. The song is much more strikingly dramatic & blunt than all the songs previously, with the only song similar to it’s emotional depth on the album being the...
[Verse 1]
There is no language in our lungs
To tell the world just how we feel
No, no, no, no, no, no bridge of thought
No mental link
No letting out just what you think
[Chorus]
There is no language in our lungs
Lungs, lungs, lungs
[Verse 2]
There is no muscle in our tongues
To tell the world what's in our hearts
No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind
Just chiseled stones
No chance to speak before we're bones
[Chorus]
There is no muscle in our tongues
Tongues, tongues, tongues
[Instrumental break]
[Bridge]
I thought I had the whole world in my mouth
I thought I could say what I wanted to say
For a second, that thought became a sword in my hand
I could slay any problem that would stand in my way
I felt just like a crusader
Lionheart, a Holy Land invader
But nobody can say what they really mean to say
The impotency of speech came up and hit me that day
I would have made this instrumental
But the words got in the way
[Instrumental break]
There is no language in our...
[Verse 3]
There is no language in our lungs
To tell the world what's in our hearts
No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind
Just chiseled stones
No chance to speak before we're bones
[Chorus]
There is no language in our lungs
Lungs, lungs
No Language in Our Lungs was written by Andy Partridge.
No Language in Our Lungs was produced by Steve Lillywhite.
XTC released No Language in Our Lungs on Fri Sep 12 1980.