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Skin Don’t Lie lyrics
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Intro
Streetlight breathing through the blinds at four Phone on your name, still face-down on the floor We learned to text what we’re scared to say Two hearts online, but our hands away
Verse 1
I read somewhere the body keeps the score Every missed touch adds weight to the door You laugh in pixels, I smile on cue But my shoulders tense when I think of you Coffee goes cold, so does my resolve We scroll for comfort we can’t dissolve Skin’s a language we never translate Now silence speaks in an empty space
Pre-chorus
They say the nervous system needs proof A steady hand, a living truth If love’s a fire, we starve the flame With all these reasons, none the same
Chorus
I’m touch-starved in a crowded room Your ghost on me like cheap perfume Say “I miss you” through glass and wires But skin don’t lie, it still requires A pulse, a press, a real-time sign Skin don’t lie, and neither do I
Verse 2
We learned the science without the shame Oxytocin spelled in a different name It’s not weakness, it’s how we’re made Connection fades when contact’s delayed You hold the night on a different coast I hold my breath with a half-loved hope If absence teaches, here’s the test How long can hunger call itself rest?
Pre-chorus
I know the mind can rationalize But the body keeps asking why If love’s a fire, we starve the flame With all these reasons, none the same
Chorus
I’m touch-starved in a crowded room Your ghost on me like cheap perfume Say “I miss you” through glass and wires But skin don’t lie, it still requires A pulse, a press, a real-time sign Skin don’t lie, and neither do I
Bridge 1
Not asking for forever tonight Just a shoulder that fits me right Education in the simplest way Hold me once, let the doubt decay
Verse 3
So when I see you, no grand display Just let your fingers learn my day We’ll unlearn distance, inch by inch No metaphors, no safety pinch If love’s a lesson, start with touch The smallest truth can teach the most I don’t need perfect, I need present A living answer, warm and honest
Chorus
I’m touch-starved in a crowded room Your ghost on me like cheap perfume Say “I miss you” through glass and wires But skin don’t lie, it still requires A pulse, a press, a real-time sign Skin don’t lie, and neither do I
Bridge 2
Turn the theory into practice now Heartbeats sync when we allow No more starving what keeps us alive Come closer, skin don’t lie
Chorus
I’m touch-starved in a crowded room Your ghost on me like cheap perfume Say “I miss you” through glass and wires But skin don’t lie, it still requires A pulse, a press, a real-time sign Skin don’t lie, and neither do I
Chorus
I’m touch-starved, hear it in my tone Every nerve wants to feel like home No more distance dressed as time Skin don’t lie, skin don’t lie
Outro
So if you love me, show me how No captions, just your hands, right now We heal the hunger, no alibi Skin don’t lie.
Inside the recording
Streetlight breathing through the blinds at four Phone on your name, still face-down on the floor
They say the nervous system needs proof A steady hand, a living truth
So if you love me, show me how No captions, just your hands, right now
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