Minutes are running slow Seconds feel more like days Days since I let you go That’s how it feels anyway Sometimes I forget Love’s a different language Known by the heart A foreign tongue I'm hearing for the first time A promise made I'm meaning for the first time Old friends like solitude Quiet and empty space Are enemies since finding you Just loneliness by other names Sometimes I forget Love’s a different language Spoken by the heart A foreign tongue I'm hearing for the first time A promise made I'm meaning for the first time Sometimes I forget Love’s a different language Spoken by the heart A foreign tongue I'm hearing for the first time A promise made I'm meaning for the first time A masquerade I'm shedding for the first time A heart I’ve saved And given for the first time