Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

Verse

The mirror fogged up the first time I said it out loud

Frost on my collarbone where you stood too close

Your scarf still in my coat pocket by accident

Picked it up twice but left it there again

I'm trying to remember the way your hand felt

Not just the words that came right after

Pre-Chorus

Can I keep this feeling before it burns

Before my mouth starts second-guessing every line

Can I hold onto something that feels this true

For more than one lonely night

Chorus

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

Every touch still lit before the light goes out

I'm holding on to heat, not just words

The room might fall away but I'll find you in the dark

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

This is the part where I stop pretending it's gone

Verse

Found your jacket on my chair an hour later

Still warm from a body that's already left the building

Your scarf keeps folding into something smaller than a scarf should be

I'm not sure which hand tied mine, but it feels like yours still

Pre-Chorus

Can I keep this feeling before it burns

Before my mouth starts second-guessing every line

Can I hold onto something that feels this true

For more than one lonely night

Chorus

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

Every touch still lit before the light goes out

I'm holding on to heat, not just words

The room might fall away but I'll find you in the dark

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

This is the part where I stop pretending it's gone

Bridge

Maybe I don't need a reason to believe

Maybe the body already knows what the mind will see

Not every goodbye has to be forever

Some days just mean we're not standing here yet

I could fold you back up and keep you in my pocket

Fold you smaller than a secret, smaller than a truth

But even folded up your heat still moves

Even in my chest it's louder than the proof

Chorus

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

Every touch still lit before the light goes out

I'm holding on to heat, not just words

The room might fall away but I'll find you in the dark

Skin remembers what my mouth forgets

This is the part where I stop pretending it's gone