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Language is a track by Suzanne Vega, taken from the album “Solitude Standing”, released April 20, 1987 on A&M. It runs 3:54. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Tom's Diner, Luka, Ironbound / Fancy Poultry. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Language
- Artist
- Suzanne Vega
- Release
- Solitude Standing
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 3:54
- Release date
- April 20, 1987
- Record label
- A&M
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songIf language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be
These words are too solid
They don't move fast enough
To catch the blur in the brain
That flies by and is gone
And is gone
And is gone
Gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone
I'd like to meet you
In a timeless, placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all consequences
Let's go back to the building
(Words are too solid)
On Little West Twelfth
It is not far away
(They don't move fast enough)
And the river is there
And the sun and the spaces
Are all laying low
(To catch the blur in the brain)
And we'll sit in the silence
(That flies by and is)
That comes rushing in and is
Gone (Gone)
And is gone
Gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone
I won't use words again
They don't mean what I meant
They don't say what I said
It's just the crust of the meaning
With realms underneath
Never touched
Never stirred
Never even moved through
If language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be
And is gone
Gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone
And is gone
And is gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone
And is gone
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More from Solitude Standing
- 01 Tom's Diner 2:06
- 02 Luka 3:51
- 03 Ironbound / Fancy Poultry 6:17
- 04 In The Eye 4:12
- 05 Night Vision 2:45
- 06 Solitude Standing 4:48
- 07 Calypso 4:12
- 08 Gypsy 4:31
- 09 Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser's Song) 5:09
- 10 Tom's Diner (Reprise) 2:40