Body Language
Róisín Murphy Lyrics

Have you omitted to say
Did you forget to mention

Those rubber bullets don't bounce off you?
That you are immune to criticism

Oh, incry, hear it in stereo
I will cry later and make it sound more dramatic

I'll cry after everything is done and dusted
I will only express my emotions once everything is resolved

I may convince bold and original
I might believe I am daring and creative

Forgive, what's that for when you're heading for the dance floor?
Why bother with forgiveness when you're just going to party

I'm here, go deep with those climb-downs
I'm present, be honest about your mistakes

Branding me a heretic kind of infant-terrible
Labeling me as a rebellious troublemaker

I risk I take it to the brink of it
I take risks to the point of danger

Drop you like a hot potato, everybody turn a hater
I will abandon you abruptly and people will criticize you

If you hear what your body says, learn body language
Pay attention to your instincts and nonverbal cues

If I could speak, I'd call your name
If I had the courage, I would express my feelings for you

Between false and tragedy lies a human emotion
There is complex, nuanced emotion between insincerity and disaster

For hoping it'll turn out alright
I'm optimistic that everything will work out

Ah, Dickens, thicken now then chicken soup
Oh my, things are getting complicated and confusing now

And the way that you turn it will take you to the end of the line
The decisions you make will have consequences

But learn speak it, that body language
Understand how to communicate nonverbally

Definition of wordplay, conditional love
Playing with words and love that depends on certain conditions

You can't contemplate, impossible to separate
They cannot be considered separately

One from the other, your mother's sister's brother's lover
All connected, even to distant relatives and partners

Tied up for the foreseeable future
Stuck in a situation for a long time

Had ended in the 70's science fiction motion picture
It's outdated and unrealistic, like a sci-fi movie from the 70s

Back in the day, don't cut it now anyway
It was acceptable before, but not anymore

Quite a different animal, don't you wish you'd had a mission?
It's a completely different situation now, don't you wish you had a purpose?

If you hear what your body says, learn body language
Pay attention to your instincts and nonverbal cues

If I could speak, I'd call your name
If I had the courage, I would express my feelings for you

If I could hear what your body says, I wouldn't change it
If I could understand your nonverbal signals, I wouldn't alter them

If you speak over to me
If you communicate with me