you taught me how to talk

you taught me how to talk,

i didn't have the words before

so between the pieces I knew

I tried to fill the spaces between with gestures 

the signals that ended up meaning the opposite 

and having to pretend I understood the words,

and when we walked across the night,

asking how to say this and that-

for this language I always sought 

but never thought i'd speak

and with so many words

lost in translation 

our hearts filled the spaces between