[Verse 1]
Hands are callused
'Cause I’ve been carrying my baggage
My knuckles white
I'm holding tight

[Chorus]
'Cause I let "I love you"
Slip off my lips
It stained my tongue, it’s only permanent

[Verse 2]
I must've talked way more than I thought
I loosened up the screws on my jaw
You cried the river that made us sink
And I knew better
I wrote you letters
What a waste of ink

[Chorus]
'Cause I let "I love you"
Slip off my lips
It stained my tongue, it's only permanent

[Verse 3]
It felt like waterfalls
Crashing down on all I thought I was
I just, I just
Wanted to show you
The cloud of dust I breathed in
Lit up by the evening
Questioning what happens if I slip?
I made a puzzle with the pieces
And none of them broke even
But I still found a way to make them fit
[Chorus]
'Cause I let "I love you"
Slip off my lips
It stained my tongue, it's only permanent
'Cause I let "I love you"
Slip off my lips
It stained my tongue, it's only permanent