Ink on Your Skin

[intro] Yeah Some ghosts don’t ever leave They stay printed on your mind like a tattoo sleeve [Chorus] You still live somewhere my mind won’t stray Five years and you haven’t gone away Ink on your skin, on me you left your mark Some people leave But never embark [Verse] Met her one day, so long before Tattoos, black jeans, eyes that just ran up the score Typa girl make a loud room silent Typa girl make a man feel giant Reads dead Russians for fun, on the gun, On a whim, she’s second to none And I was too scared, too in my head Too busy tryna be someone I wasn’t instead She was into vinyl and photoshoots Thrifted denim and fancy boots My apartment was barren, boring and bland I was into Star Wars and holding her hand She said she was coming to visit me I cleaned up my whole life in like a week [Chorus – airy falsetto, lush harmonies] You still live somewhere my mind won’t stray Ten years and you haven’t gone away Ink on your skin, on me you left your mark Some people leave But never embark [Verse] Ive known a lot of girls in my time Most were poetry without any rhyme But none of them put me so at ease Like I was just soaring on the breeze Caught a glimpse in the mirror of you and me And imagined how good my life could be On our last day I walked you to your gate I wanted you to stay but it was too late You told me you’d come back next time for good You kissed me then, before I could I swear kissing you puts me on top of the earth Makes me feel more than I’m worth Sometimes I wonder what world you live in now If you managed to find happiness somehow If your tattoos faded blue-green in the sun If you remember me at all, or I’m just someone That almost happened That almost stayed That almost moved in to my city and changed Everything Crazy what timing destroys Whole life haunted by a choice not made [Chorus – airy falsetto, lush harmonies] You still live somewhere my mind won’t stray Fifteen years and you haven’t gone away Ink on your skin, on me you left your mark Some people disappear But never embark You still live somewhere my mind won’t stray Twenty years and you haven’t gone away Ink on your skin, on me you left your mark Some people disappear But never embark [Outro – sparse keys, fading vocal layers] Some people become songs ‘Cause real life couldn’t hold ‘em very long Ink on your skin… Ink on your skin… Ink on your skin… My ink is held within