More songs by Stephanie Poetri
Description
Producer: Stephanie Poetri
Producer: Andy Toy
Producer: chasu
A And R Manager: Jeffrey Yau
Composer, Lyricist: Stephanie Poetri
Lyricist: Dorothy Chan
Composer: Andy Toy
Lyricist: Anna Kate Nelson
Composer: Young Bin Park
Lyrics and translation
Original
It's my mother's language.
It's my mother tongue.
I don't speak it perfect, and that makes me dumb. Hmm.
First to lose the accent, last to get the joke.
What's the word for having nowhere to go?
And it's always in the back of my mind or on the tip of my tongue.
Ooh, if it's hard to read, it's just poetry.
Ooh, that's just how we speak, ini puisi.
Ku, dari dulu, aku tahu that I sound nothing, nothing like you.
So they laugh at me and my poetry.
It's my father's lesson from his father's heart.
Try to disagree, but I can't find the words. Ah, ah.
It's a pain that's in the silence, the tears that speak for me.
What's the word for all that's lost in between?
And it's always in the back of my mind or on the tip of my tongue. Swear that I was fluent when I was young, now
I can't even write you a song.
Ooh, if it's hard to read, it's just poetry.
Ooh, that's just how we speak, ini puisi.
Ku, dari dulu, aku tahu that I sound nothing, nothing like you.
So they laugh at me and my poetry.
It's just poetry.
It's just poetry.
It's just poetry.
English translation
It's my mother's language.
It's my mother tongue.
I don't speak it perfect, and that makes me dumb. Hmm.
First to lose the accent, last to get the joke.
What's the word for having nowhere to go?
And it's always in the back of my mind or on the tip of my tongue.
Ooh, if it's hard to read, it's just poetry.
Ooh, that's just how we speak, ini puisi.
Ku, dari dulu, aku tahu that I sound nothing, nothing like you.
So they laugh at me and my poetry.
It's my father's lesson from his father's heart.
Try to disagree, but I can't find the words. Ah, ah.
It's a pain that's in the silence, the tears that speak for me.
What's the word for all that's lost in between?
And it's always in the back of my mind or on the tip of my tongue. Swear that I was fluent when I was young, now
I can't even write you a song.
Ooh, if it's hard to read, it's just poetry.
Ooh, that's just how we speak, ini puisi.
Ku, dari dulu, aku tahu that I sound nothing, nothing like you.
So they laugh at me and my poetry.
It's just poetry.
It's just poetry.
It's just poetry.