Bashing and bravado
With stifling staccato
The message and the motto of the day

Here in the trenches
The works are filled with wrenches
Tell me what this verbal stench is
Who's to say?

So I bite my tongue
And I hold my peace
And I'm careful, careful what I say
Better bite my tongue
And I hold my breath
And I'm counting, counting down the days
Hey now
Hey now

Less is more and more is less
When you're wandering through the wilderness
And some things are just better left unsaid

Wars of words like spasms
The divisions and chasms
The cleverest sarcasm quickly spreads

Time to bite my tongue
And I hold my peace
And I'm careful, careful what I say
Better bite my tongue
Time to hold my breath
And I'm counting, counting down the days

Hear no evil
See No evil
Speak No evil
Bite my tongue

What is wrong with you and me?
And what's wrong with the rest of these?
Who speak before we think and join the fray?

Once spoken no retraction
Equal opposite reaction
Crying foul without infraction
Let us us pray

Time to bite my tongue
And I hold my peace
And I'm careful, careful what I say
Better bite my tongue
Time to hold my breath
And I'm counting, counting down the days

Bite my tongue