Bite My Tongue

Song Bite My Tongue
Artist Relient K
Album Five Score And Seven Years Ago

Lyrics

[00:12.75] I was gonna spell it out
[00:24.92] In detail but
[00:25.55] I dropped the call
[00:26.98] Before I spilled my guts
[00:28.30] The floor stayed clean
[00:30.86] Like my conscience would be
[00:33.55] 'cause if you heard anything
[00:34.42] You didn't hear it from me
[00:35.99] I'm sweeping up the seconds
[00:36.87] That tick off the clock
[00:37.61] Save them all for later
[00:38.42] When I'm too ticked to talk
[00:39.49] And I need some time
[00:40.68] To search my mind
[00:41.86] To locate the words
[00:43.05] That seem so hard to find
[00:45.30] And sometimes I say things that
[00:48.04] I wish that I could take back
[00:50.61] The most crucial thing in life is
[00:52.24] The thing called tact
[00:56.05] And if your hour's so intently listening
[00:59.11] Then the smartest thing to say
[01:03.24] Is to tell myself not to say a thing
[01:06.68] Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet
[01:08.99] Don't let it all come undone
[01:13.00] 'cause if I dare open my mouth
[01:15.50] It'll just be to bite my tongue
[01:18.19] To bit my tongue
[01:19.50] I said I'm always close-minded
[01:22.88] With an open mouth
[01:24.38] And the worst of me
[01:25.87] Seems to come right out
[01:27.20] But I've never broken bones
[01:28.50] With a stone or a stick
[01:29.82] But I've conjured up a phrase
[01:31.25] That can cut to the quick
[01:32.44] And sometimes I say things that
[01:35.50] I wish that I could take back
[01:38.37] And the smartest thing to say
[01:39.81] Is to tell myself to keep
[01:41.44] Quiet quiet
[01:42.63] Don't let it all come undone
[01:46.44] 'cause if I dare open my mouth
[01:49.81] It'll just be to bite my tongue
[01:52.13] Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet
[01:55.94] Listen to your voice
[01:57.69] Because the power of your words
[02:00.50] Can repair all that I destroyed
[02:03.88] And when I finally do
[02:07.00] Let it come from you
[02:08.88] The peace of understanding
[02:11.31] grips my soul
[02:14.57] The reason I
[02:17.38] Have meaning in this life
[02:20.44] Is so I swallow all my pride
[02:23.69] And give you control
[02:25.13] I give it all to you
[02:31.38] And I gotta keep quiet quiet
[02:33.32] Don't let it all come undone
[02:36.81] 'cause if I dare open my mouth
[02:39.63] It'll just be to bite my tongue
[02:42.50] I gotta keep quiet quiet
[02:44.69] Listen to your voice
[02:47.88] Because the power of your words
[02:50.06] Can repair all that I destroyed
[02:53.56] And I gotta keep quiet quiet
[02:55.75] Don't let it all come undone
[02:59.00] 'cause if I dare open my mouth
[03:02.26] It'll just be to bite my tongue
[03:05.13] Bite my tongue