I think I bit my tongue today

No sign of blood but this taste won't go away

Even if a wound does heal

Its scar might never fade

Unwelcome words can pierce

And drain the soul

Like aphids on the blossoms leave a hole

Sometimes the heart and mind

Won't work together and one gets left behind

While the other pulls ahead

Naive of where it treads

The residue of harmful words

Outlasts a seeming pardon

Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden

I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said

I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head

But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground

I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth

And what a big foot it is

I wish that I could turn back time

Alter memory or pay some kind of fine

Anything to make amends

Fix this break to where it bends

The residue of harmful words

Outlasts a seeming pardon

Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden

I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said

I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head

But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground

I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth

These words are fugitives

Too harsh or too honest

A little pain will gain

If I bite my tongue for your sake

I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said

I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head

But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground

I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth

I think I bit my tongue today

No sign of blood but this taste won't go away

Even if a wound does heal

Its scar might never fade