Back To Your Skin

I wake up reaching for the warmth you left behind
Fingers searching empty sheets where your body used to lie
The ghost of your perfume still haunts the pillowcase
Pulling me under like a tide I can't escape

I swore I'd never crawl back, said I was finally done
But memory has sharper teeth than any promise won
One thought of how you held me and my resolve caves in
I'm dialing in the dark again, craving back your skin

Back to your skin
Where I lose myself and find the hurt again
Soft lies in your touch that pull me under
Hard goodbyes I know are waiting in the end

Back to your skin
Like a moth against the flame I can't resist
Knowing I'll burn, still I persist

You answer low and sleepy, voice like velvet sin
Say: Come over like a prayer I can't help but give in

We don't talk about tomorrow, we don't mention why we broke
Just bodies speaking languages we never really spoke
Your hands remember every map they drew on me before
I let them lead me blindly through the same familiar door

We fall into the rhythm of a love that never heals
Pretending for a moment that this time it's real

Back to your skin
Where I lose myself and find the hurt again
Soft lies in your touch that pull me under
Hard goodbyes I know are waiting in the end

Back to your skin
Like a moth against the flame I can't resist
Knowing I'll burn, still I persist

And when the morning strips us bare
You'll turn away like you don't care
I'll leave before the light gets cruel
Carrying the weight of missing you

Until the night calls me once more
Back into the arms I can't ignore