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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Vocals
Isabella Summers
Isabella Summers
Piano
Mark Saunders
Mark Saunders
Bass
Christopher Lloyd Hayden
Christopher Lloyd Hayden
Drums
Tom Monger
Tom Monger
Harp
Sally Herbert
Sally Herbert
Violin
Oli Langford
Oli Langford
Violin
Rick Koster
Rick Koster
Violin
Gillon Cameron
Gillon Cameron
Violin
Warren Zielinski
Warren Zielinski
Violin
Richard George
Richard George
Violin
Ian Burdge
Ian Burdge
Cello
Max Baillie
Max Baillie
Viola
Mark Rankin
Mark Rankin
Bass
Rob Ackroyd
Rob Ackroyd
Guitar
Rusty Bradshaw
Rusty Bradshaw
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Isabella Summers
Isabella Summers
Songwriter
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Songwriter
Sally Herbert
Sally Herbert
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul Epworth
Paul Epworth
Producer
Mark Rankin
Mark Rankin
Mixing Engineer
Isabella Summers
Isabella Summers
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Ben Roulston
Ben Roulston
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

And the heart is hard to translate It has a language of its own It talks in tongues and quiet sighs And prayers and proclamations In the grand days of great men and the smallest of gestures In short, shallow gasps But with all my education I can't seem to command it And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how I can't seem to understand it And I would give all this and heaven too I would give it all if only for a moment That I could just understand the meaning of the word you see 'Cause I've been scrawling it forever, but it never makes sense to me at all And it talks to me on tiptoes And it sings to me inside It cries out in the darkest night And breaks in the morning light But with all my education I can't seem to command it And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how I can't seem to understand it And I would give all this and heaven too I would give it all if only for a moment That I could just understand the meaning of the word you see 'Cause I've been scrawling it forever, but it never makes sense to me at all And I would give all this and heaven too I would give it all if only for a moment That I could just understand the meaning of the word you see 'Cause I've been scrawling it forever, but it never makes sense to me at all No words and poor language It doesn't deserve such treatment And all of my stumbling phrases never amounted To anything worth this feeling All this heaven never could describe such a feeling as I'm healing Words were never so useful So I was screaming out a language that I never knew existed before
Writer(s): Florence Leontine Mary Welch, Isabella Janet Florentina Summers Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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