Broken English Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Tower of Babel has fallen down again
Information disarray
I don't know who I should believe in
Everybody's an authority
Fragments don't count
They always end up falling through the cracks
Don't think out loud
'Cause once it's out your mouth, can't take it back
[Chorus]
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
[Verse 2]
Lost inside communication breakdown
Better just read my lips
Come in clear when we get down
Iceberg, just the tip
[Verse 3]
My words get lost
Can you read the look that's on my face?
Wires get crossed
In communion with the human race
Tower of Babel has fallen down again
Information disarray
I don't know who I should believe in
Everybody's an authority
Fragments don't count
They always end up falling through the cracks
Don't think out loud
'Cause once it's out your mouth, can't take it back
[Chorus]
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
[Verse 2]
Lost inside communication breakdown
Better just read my lips
Come in clear when we get down
Iceberg, just the tip
[Verse 3]
My words get lost
Can you read the look that's on my face?
Wires get crossed
In communion with the human race
[Chorus]
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
[Bridge]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, no
Oh
[Chorus]
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
[Bridge]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, no
Oh
[Chorus]
Can't say all the little things that I wanna tell you right now
I know you won't understand, but I gotta tell you somehow
And on and on and on I go
Connect the neck to what's below, I know
Now your body language is broken, broken English
About
Genius Annotation
“Broken English” is a track from Adam Lambert’s sophomore studio album Trespassing. “Broken English” serves as a transition track from the light side to the dark side of the album.
The track is inspired by Adam’s relationship with Finnish boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, and the language barrier faced by the two, as English is not Sauli’s first language.
The track details how physical communication can be substituted for verbal communication when a language barrier occurs.
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- 1.Trespassing
- 2.Cuckoo
- 3.Shady
- 5.Kickin’ In
- 6.Naked Love
- 9.Broken English
- 10.Underneath
- 11.Chokehold
- 12.Outlaws of Love
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Release Date
May 15, 2012
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