Your Dentist's Waiting Room

[Verse 1]
Fluorescent hum above my head
Magazines from 2019
Your name gets called, I watch you go
Through doors I'll never see

[Pre-Chorus]
Receptionist knows all our teeth
By numbers, not by names

[Chorus]
In your dentist's waiting room
I'm learning how to wait
Counting ceiling tiles instead
Of all my mistakes
Mint green walls and plastic chairs
Where secrets feel so safe
In your dentist's waiting room
Everything can change

[Verse 2]
You come back out with cotton balls
Talking through your numb lips
Something about a cavity
And rescheduling your next trip

[Pre-Chorus]
I pretend I didn't hear
The drill from down the hall

[Chorus]
In your dentist's waiting room
I'm learning how to wait
Counting ceiling tiles instead
Of all my mistakes
Mint green walls and plastic chairs
Where secrets feel so safe
In your dentist's waiting room
Everything can change

[Bridge]
Novocaine wears off by dinner
But this feeling never does

[Outro]
Scheduled for next Tuesday
Same time, same place