Temporary Toothache

[VERSE 1]

Couldn’t be there if you tried

Left me crying the whole night

Your words are weightless in my hands

Fall through my fingers just like sand

Always too much

Still never enough

[Chorus 1]

I’m your temporary toothache

And I’ll be out of your hair

One of these days

[VERSE 2]

I read it in your sunken shoulders

How your eyes always glaze over

And I know you well enough

To remember how they lit up

Lie to myself

Wish I believed it

[Chorus 2]

I’m your temporary toothache

And I’ll be out of your hair

One of these days

[BRIDGE]

Late night, backyard

Kiss in the car

Favorite flowers

Wrapped in paper

Thrifted sweater

Your scarlet letter

Believed in magic

We almost had it

[Chorus 2]

I’m your temporary toothache

I’ll be out of your hair

One of these days