Say Wow Back

Say Wow Back

Fashion afterparty, three languages
Disposable camera in your hand
You say something I don't catch
I answer with a face you understand
You laugh, say wow, point at my jacket
I Say Wow Back at your shoes
Somewhere between bad translation
We stop needing perfect words to choose

Reaction becomes rhythm
Rhythm becomes a language

Say Wow Back, I know you heard me
Say Wow Back, let the simple word work
We spoke three languages and understood the same look
Say Wow Back, that's all it took

Photos come back a week later
Half are dark, most out of frame
But in every crowded picture
One of us is watching the other's face
I send you the clearest one
You answer with that same little sound
Funny how one borrowed syllable
Can carry a whole night around

Words mattered less than timing
Less than where our eyes would land
We spoke three languages and understood the same look
That disposable camera made it plain

Say Wow Back, your name is clear now
Say Wow Back, still it hits the same
We spoke three languages and understood the same look
Say Wow Back, write the next page

Say Wow Back