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