Tip of My Tongue

There's a phrase trapped between my teeth and pride

Like nicotine stains refusing to hide

Paint cracks and peels, time does what it must

Each moment reveals things turn back to dust

What I'm trying to say is on the tip of my tongue

Trying to get out like the smoke in my lung

I know how I feel, can't express it in words

It isn't what anyone deserves

My gut knows the truth but my mouth trips up

These words taste strange like a chipped coffee cup

Weather shifts and turns, days stack end to end

Each choice that burns, make paths twist and bend

What I'm trying to say is on the tip of my tongue

Trying to get out like the smoke in my lung

I know how I feel, can't express it in words

It isn't what anyone deserves

I blend with the tide of faces unknown

No map or guide on this road alone

I know how I feel like rust knows steel

But translation fails as meanings peel

What I'm trying to say is on the tip of my tongue

Trying to get out like the smoke in my lung

I know how I feel, can't express it in words

It isn't what anyone deserves

What I'm trying to say is on the tip of my tongue

Trying to get out like the smoke in my lung

I know how I feel, can't express it in words

It isn't what anyone deserves