Universal Translation A Dedication

[Intro] for each day every night we ache, we bleed for the things we believe in [Spoken] I believe in music and that it is a universal translation for all voices expressing every emotion even sometimes when words just don’t land [Verse 1] Some days I’m quiet jaw locked, heart loud Thoughts crowd my tongue but they never get out Then a melody moves through the cracks in my doubt and what I can’t say just comes pouring out [Chorus] So I lean on the universal translation Every hurt, every hope, every shade in between When I fail, when I fall, when I’m shaking there’s a sound that can say what I mean Every cry, every laugh, every secret turns to color in the air when we sing I believe in this universal translation ’cause it speaks when I can’t say a thing [Verse 2] You don’t know my language I don’t know your pain But your voice on a vowel cuts clear through the rain One trembling note and I suddenly see Your story is different your heartbeat like me [Chorus] So we lean on the universal translation Every scar, every sigh, every flicker of light When we’re lost, when we’re wrong, when we’re changing there’s a sound that can carry us right Every cry, every laugh, every secret turns to color in the air when we sing I believe in this universal translation ’cause it speaks when we can’t say a thing [Bridge] No subtitle scrolling No pages to turn Just a tremor in your voice and I feel what you’ve learned From a whisper in the dark to a shout in a crowd we’re strangers on paper but related in sound (oh) [Chorus] So we live in this universal translation Every hurt, every hope, every shade in between When we fail, when we fall, when we’re shaking there’s a sound that can say what we mean Every cry, every laugh, every secret turns to color in the air when we sing I believe in this universal translation ’cause it speaks when we can’t say a thing [Outro] For each day every night we ache, we bleed for the things we believe in and I believe in this translation we can’t read but we feel when we breathe and we sing