Song: Moment's Silence (Common Tongue)
Artist: Hozier
Album: Nina Cried Power - EP
Email: aliceanne (at) gmail (dot) com

[Intro]
   
   
   
   


[Verse 1]

When stunted h

and earns plac

e with man by 

mere monstrosi

ty

Alarms are str

uck and shore 

is shook by sh

eer atrocity
           
A cure I know 

              
that soothes t

             
he soul, does 

      
so impossibly
            
A moment's sil

             
ence when my b

aby puts their

 mouth on

Me and my babe

 relax and cat

ch the manic r

hapsody

All reason flo

wn, as God loo

ks on in abjec

t apathy
            
A squall and a

             
ll of me is a 

             
prayer in perf

     
ect piety
            
A moment's sil

             
ence when my b

aby puts their

 mouth on me



[Chorus 1]
            
When the meani

              
ng's gone, the

      
re is clarity
             
And the reason

              
 comes on the 

            
common tongue 

        
of your lovin'

 me
            
And it's easy 

              
done, our litt

    
le remedy
             
And the reason

              
 comes on the 

            
common tongue 

        
of your lovin'

 me



[Verse 2]

What yields th

e need for tho

se who lead us

 oh so morally

Those that wou

ld view the sa

me we do throu

gh their defor

mity
            
Who view the d

             
eed as power's

             
 creed, as pur

      
e authority
            
This moment's 

              
silence when m

   
y baby puts th

eir mouth on m

e



[Chorus 2]
            
Since it all b

              
egun, to it's 

    
reckoning
             
There the reas

              
on comes on th

            
e common tongu

          
e of your lovi

n' me
            
Be thankful so

           
me know it lov


ingly
             
There the reas

              
on comes on th

            
e common tongu

          
e of your lovi

n' me

[Interlude]
        (x4)


[Chorus 3]
            
Like a heathen

              
 clung to the 


homily
             
Let the reason

             
 come on the c

             
ommon tongue o

       
f your lovin' 

me
            
So summon on t

          
he pearl rosar


y
             
Let the reason

             
 come on the c

             
ommon tongue o

       
f your lovin' 

me