Smoke in the Kitchen

We counted The candles lit The waiting room The slow drip Your swollen lips The smoke in the kitchen The ringing tourniquet Do you talk when you want to Or hold it in I'm holding on To all the hardest parts The flicker in the bitter dark Do you talk when you want to When you want to When you want to When you want to I took the day off And spent it on The way I feel It's nothing Then everything Tomorrow when nobody's asking Do you talk when you want to Or hold it in I'm holding on To all the hardest parts The flicker in the bitter dark Do you talk when you want to Or hold it in I'm holding on To all the hardest parts The flicker in the bitter dark Do you talk when you want to Or pick your spots What are you waiting on I've got the hardest parts The flicker in the bitter dark Are we counting how long it's been Or how long we had with him