Tripwire Elvis Costello and The Roots

[Verse 1]
Just because you don’t speak the language
Doesn’t mean that you can’t understand
Just because you don’t speak the language
Doesn’t mean that you can’t understand
The twist in the script of the insult
Scrawled on the back of your hand

[Pre-Chorus]
Torn from the pages of scripture
Sprayed on the wall in the frays of a flag
Kisses forbidden on lips
And all of your fine clothes worn into rags

[Chorus]
Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire
There’s a tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire

[Verse 2]
Don’t open the door ‘cause they’re coming
Don’t open the door ‘cause they’re here
Above there’s an ominous humming
Below there’s a murmur of prayer

[Pre-Chorus]
Torn from the pages of scandal
Sprayed on a wall in the frays of the flag
Kisses forbidden on lips
And all of your fine clothes blown into rags