Aren't all the lights in the night sky pretty? Aren't we so small in this tiny city? Aren't we absurd, thinking gestures and words might explain us? We are piles of dust articulating chaos And maybe in the sand We find a steady hand Talk to me in brother tongue Tell me where this nature from Show me how this river run Teach me how to sing my song The lust and the long The lust and the long ♪ How is it that I can feel you breathing? Head on your chest where your heart is beating The pieces assemble, but don't complete us And whole galaxies live in the spaces between us Pour me out like sand Until we start again Talk to me in brother tongue Tell me where this nature from Show me how this river run Teach me how to sing this song The lust and the long The lust and the long ♪ Talk to me in brother tongue Tell me where this nature from Show me how this river run Teach me how to sing my song The lust and the long The lust and the long