i went as far as losing sleep / i went as far as messing up my life / unloving still strike me different / a million miles away from home / and fifteen from a payphone // where we sat lonely on the sand / you're ten years older / we translate japanese to english / and english to japanese // it's not that simple / this dictionary never has a word / for the way i'm feeling / it's nothing plain for me / of a different god and moral / what if i laid my head / down on your stomach / or put my mouth to your hand / i cannot translate / japanese to english / or english to japanese // what i had to say is unsaid / what i had to do is undone / and if it was done / i'm sure it would have killed our hour // where we sat lonely on the sand / above the water the awful gray / our current from japan / didn't sweep away

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