sometimes we say really stupid things

and just want to get away from the way the world swings

we say things we immediately regret

not thinking at all about their effect

Sometimes we're mean and just plain cruel

sometimes we're on the receiving end, that's just nature's rule

These words slip right off of our tongue

to sting someone else in the spine, rung by rung

These words can handicap their destination

and when we feel it back we cry for our restoration

These words cause quarrels between friends

They are the words that take relationships to their ends

mom's and dad's yell them at night, "trying" to make mends

and you all know you say these to your boyfriends

use these words and you are making the world a worse off place

every time you say these words you sting someones eyes like mace

So listen to what you say and who you are saying it to

because the last person who wants to hear these words said to them is you