Careful What Your Tongue Implies

[Intro] You said it quick, like a match in the rain Now every room in this house knows the name (You meant it? You meant it?) A mouth can make a monster out of pain [Verse 1] He came home late with the rent in his fist Your tired eyes said what your tired mouth missed “You never show up”—the old knife, clean and bright He dropped his keys and slept out in the night By morning, both of you were counting the cost A coat on the chair, one small promise lost You called his phone; he watched it ring twice Pride talks cheap, but it charges full price [Pre-Chorus] Take one breath, let the hard words wait You can’t unbolt what you launch through a gate [Chorus] Careful what your tongue implies A little spark can split a life Say what you mean, not what you fear Don’t turn the ones you love to strangers here Careful what your tongue implies A wound can live behind the eyes We’re both still fighting just to stand So leave a little room to understand [Verse 2] At work, the foreman laughed, “You’re built to fail” He wore that sentence like a tag in jail Still punched the clock, still fixed the line Still called his daughter at closing time She asked, “Are you coming?” He said, “I’ll try” Then swallowed the shame he couldn’t explain why He made it home with a paper-bag pie She ran to the door; he didn’t ask why [Pre-Chorus] Take one breath, let the hard words wait A name can be a lock—or a key in the gate [Chorus] Careful what your tongue implies A little spark can split a life Say what you mean, not what you fear Don’t turn the ones you love to strangers here Careful what your tongue implies A wound can live behind the eyes We’re both still fighting just to stand So leave a little room to understand [Bridge] I was wrong. You were hurt. We were scared. The truth got buried in the things we declared. No grand speech, no clean escape— Just two shaking hands and a chance to reshape. (Back it up! Say it plain!) “I’m still here. I can change.” [Final Chorus] Careful what your tongue implies A little spark can split a life Say what you mean, and make it clear There’s still a way to meet each other here Careful what your tongue implies Don’t let one sentence seal the ties We’re both still fighting, hand in hand Leave a little room to understand [Outro] Words don’t vanish when the room goes still Choose what you send—then choose what you heal