[Verse 1] With most of the world I'm careful, I go slow to be understood I spell out all my references and I hope the meaning's good I hide the stranger corners and I subtitle my jokes Then you laughed before I got there, and I set down all my notes [Chorus] Turns out we speak a common language, never had to learn a word Same jokes, same wavelength, same strange things we both prefer I spent my whole life translating and you just heard me plain Common language, and I don't have to explain Common language, and it's such a relief to drop the strain [Verse 2] You dropped a reference no one gets and I threw the next one down You lit up like you'd found your people way out here in this town Ten minutes in, the subtitles just quietly switched off Two of us who turned out fluent in the same peculiar talk [Chorus] Turns out we speak a common language, never had to learn a word Same jokes, same wavelength, same strange things we both prefer I spent my whole life translating and you just heard me plain Common language, and I don't have to explain Common language, and it's such a relief to drop the strain [Bridge] It's not that we agree on everything, we don't, and that's alright We argue in the same shorthand and we land in the same night The rare thing isn't sameness, it's I never have to start At the very beginning, you already know my heart [Final Chorus] Turns out we speak a common language, never had to learn a word Same jokes, same wavelength, same strange things we both prefer I spent my whole life translating and you just heard me plain Common language, and I don't have to explain Common language, so I'm keeping you around, my friend
