Secret Tongues, Shared Throats

[Intro] I am the echo you swallowed The name you never said out loud I am the dream of your dialect Standing up Through your mouth [Verse 1] Every vowel you buried I wear it like a crown Click of teeth Salt of breath I turn your cradle sounds around Tongues tied to old rituals Ink burned into the gums I slip through your holy grammar Sip fear Spit suns [Chorus] Secret tongues Shared throats Hear me bend the border of your notes Every face Every shade of faith I am the mask that remembers your voice Secret tongues Shared throats I can carry every hidden code you wrote Every prayer Every curse you spoke I am the mask that remembers your voice (hey) [Verse 2] I speak in markets at midnight In kitchens thick with steam In letters left in pockets Names crossed out In between Your mother’s hush Your father’s shout I braid them Break them Turn them inside out A laugh at a funeral A sob in a joke I throw them Like cloaks [Chorus] Secret tongues Shared throats Hear me bend the border of your notes Every face Every shade of faith I am the mask that remembers your voice Secret tongues Shared throats I can carry every hidden code you wrote Every prayer Every curse you spoke I am the mask that remembers your voice [Bridge] [Voices splitting Male/female in canon] I am (we are) Your mirror (your mirror) I am (we are) Your echo (your echo) Names in frost on the window Names in blood on the stone I say them all together You never speak alone (woah) [Chorus] Secret tongues Shared throats Hear me bend the border of your notes Every face Every shade of faith I am the mask that remembers your voice Secret tongues Shared throats I can carry every hidden code you wrote Every fear Every vow you wrote I am the mask that remembers your voice [Outro] Watch me Shape-shift syllables Tilt each sound Like light All your guarded alphabets All your quiet codes I wear them I share them I sing you Alive