In his blog for the Huffington Post, frontman Daniel Armbruster explains the meaning behind Tongues:
“[A] large chunk of it explores a disconnect with one’s peers. Back when I was DJing in Rochester, I would see the same well-meaning individuals night after night talking about how they were moving...
[Verse 1]
Pick me up, dust me off
Give me breath and let me cough
Drag me back, collect my thoughts
I've come back to the land I'd lost
[Chorus]
The palms are down, I'm welcomed back to town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths makin' foreign sounds
Sometimes I think they're all just speakin' tongues
[Verse 2]
Tell me all the things I've missed
Who's been killed and who's been kissed
(Drag me back, collect my thoughts)
I-I-I'll be gone when the drugs wear off
[Chorus]
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes you'd think they spoke another language
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes I think they're all just speakin' tongues
[Bridge]
They say I'm the only one who can be brave
That I am the chosen one
But there's no way I am the only one
And there's no one to save
If there's nowhere for them to run
[Chorus]
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes you'd think they spoke another language
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes I think they're all just speakin' tongues
[Outro]
They're all just speaking tongues
They're all just speaking tongues
They're all just speaking tongues
They're all just speaking tongues
Tongues was written by Sean Donnelly & Daniel Armbruster.
Tongues was produced by Sean Donnelly & Daniel Armbruster.