Skin Remembers the Rhythm II (Version 2)

Verse

Ankles loose from a hundred nights

Arch remembers before the light

Dust rises soft where the heel comes down

Feet already know this ground

Calves still hum from the last refrain

Body drops the day like rain

Hip bone swings on a debt long paid

Muscle keeps what the mind forgot to save

Pre-Chorus

Close your eyes, let the legs decide

Nothing left to hold inside

Give the weight back to the floor

Skin remembers what it's for

Chorus

Skin remembers the rhythm

Long after the mind lets go

Skin remembers the rhythm

Deeper than you'll ever know

Skin remembers the rhythm

Carry it in your bones

Skin remembers the rhythm

Even walking home

Verse

Sole meets floor like an old refrain

Spine untangling every chain

Shoulders drop what the day still owns

Hip sockets loosening down to bone

Knees stay soft where the bassline bends

Body finishing what the day left thin

Heel to toe like a slow amen

Feet remember, then remember again

Pre-Chorus

Close your eyes, let the legs decide

Nothing left to hold inside

Give the weight back to the floor

Skin remembers what it's for

Chorus

Skin remembers the rhythm

Long after the mind lets go

Skin remembers the rhythm

Deeper than you'll ever know

Skin remembers the rhythm

Carry it in your bones

Skin remembers the rhythm

Even walking home

Bridge

Not a thought, just a pulse in the sole

Not a name, just the body's own

Let the mind go quiet, let it fall behind

The feet were always ahead of the mind

Chorus

Skin remembers the rhythm

Long after the mind lets go

Skin remembers the rhythm

Deeper than you'll ever know

Skin remembers the rhythm

Carry it in your bones

Skin remembers the rhythm

Even walking home