Words Behind My Teeth

Verse 1

I walk in the room and the party starts

Everybody laughing at my jokes

But when the music stops and the talk gets deep

I'm the man who never spoke

Pre-Chorus

Nick you have to use your words

That's what my brother said

I nodded and I smiled

Then I turned and walked instead

Chorus

I never got the words

The words never come

Something in my chest just locks

And I'm gone before it's done

I never got the words

They die behind my teeth

I owe you an apology

And I still can't speak

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

(Mm-mm)

Oh oh oh

(Can't speak)

Verse 2

Your message came in six words long

I stared at it all night

Seven words and I'm overwhelmed

So I put the phone out of sight

Pre-Chorus

I start a hundred things

Leave every one half-through

Move on to the next town

And never explain to you

Chorus

I never got the words

The words never come

Something in my chest just locks

And I'm gone before it's done

I never got the words

They die behind my teeth

I owe you an apology

And I still can't speak

Bridge

Maybe if I hummed it

Maybe if I sang

Maybe if I found a melody

The feeling wouldn't hang

But I don't know the reason

I don't know the why

I just pack my bag and vanish

And never say goodbye

Chorus

I never got the words

The words never come

Something in my chest just locks

And I'm gone before it's done

I never got the words

They die behind my teeth

I owe you an apology

And I still can't speak

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

(Mm-mm)

Oh oh oh

(I still can't speak)