[Verse 1]
Your cheap drink tricks and cigarettes keep you locked inside a cage
Your mother fears you, your father can't hear you, you're money, a voice on a stage
I still ache from the night that you dragged me, kicking and screaming, out the door
But I won't let go, no, I left my baby teeth in your drawer

[Chorus]
If I can't hold you like a lover I won't hold you at all
The tide is turning on you, baby, and I feel nothing anymore
If we could stay this way forever would it ever be enough?
I wear your bruises on my shoulder now forever and evermore

[Verse 2]
Your lip got split, spill grenadine kisses, the codeine kids got you down
Picking fights with the devil, you know, you've got a real smart mouth
Driving you home from the bar and you're touching my face but I don't make a sound
Lost your baby teeth in the back seat, said somebody knocked them out

[Chorus]
If I can't hold you like a lover I won't hold you at all
If I don't pull myself together this could be the end of it all
I hear your voice inside the tv telling me to follow you home
I taste your teardrops on my tongue at night and it still turns me on

[Verse 3]
There are things that we will never say, but we know, we know
Even baby teeth will hurt you when I'm biting down
[Chorus]
If I can't hold you like a lover I won't hold you at all
The tide is turning on you, baby, and I feel nothing anymore
We could have stayed this way forever but it would never be enough
I wear your ache inside my heart, my dear, forever and evermore