[Verse 1] There’s a place beneath the shoulder Where your hand once learned my name I forgot the room, the season But my skin kept the flame There’s a scar below the ribbon There’s a breath behind my teeth There are doors I closed in daylight That still open underneath [Pre-Chorus] I can tell myself the story In a cleaner, kinder way But the body keeps the weather Of the nights I gave away [Chorus] The body remembers What history forgets The heat in the silence The shape of regret The body remembers What the mind lets go Every touch is a river Running under the snow [Verse 2] Hotel sheets and old perfume A city flashing through the blinds Someone’s mouth against my collar Someone’s shadow over mine I have danced in golden dresses I have slept with grief nearby I have carried life inside me I have kissed the years goodbye [Pre-Chorus] You can edit every letter You can smooth the photograph But the body knows the doorway And the body knows the path [Chorus] The body remembers What history forgets The heat in the silence The shape of regret The body remembers What the mind lets go Every touch is a river Running under the snow [Post-Chorus] Under the skin Under the years Under the velvet Under the fear Under the gold Under the name The body remembers The body remains [Verse 3] There are lovers I made holy There are lovers I made small There are hands I still can feel Though I do not want them all There are nights I called it hunger There are nights I called it need There are mornings I was older Than the woman I could be [Bridge] And I am not ashamed That I have wanted I am not ashamed That I still do Desire changed its dress But never left me It only learned to move A little slower through the room I have been touched by sorrow I have been touched by men I have been touched by music And became myself again [Final Chorus] The body remembers What history forgets The heat in the silence The shape of regret The body remembers What the mind lets go Every touch is a river Running under the snow [Final Post-Chorus] Under the skin Under the years Under the velvet Under the fear Under the gold Under the name The body remembers The body remains [Outro] Lay your hand where the past is Do not ask it to explain Some things live below language Some things answer without names The body remembers The body remembers The body remembers And desire still remains.
