Prends-Moi

Skin on Skin

[Verse 1]

You slipped in like wrong subtitles on a half-remembered reel,

Skin on skin across the blackout, nothing left to feel.

City ashes in your hair, my breath a cracked bonsai,

Two disasters kissing softly, asking “how” instead of “why.”

[Pre-Chorus]

We never meant to open that window—

Infinity pressed its cold face to the glass.

[Chorus]

Love explodes, then lingers, a slow burn on the arm;

I watch the afterglow bloom, pretend it’s just a charm.

Lost lovers float in the fallout, punishment tastes like dawn;

Hold me here in the silence—by dusk we might be gone.

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[Verse 2]

You say “forget,” I say “impossible,” the script forgets us both;

Your shoulder tastes like salt and guilt, my mouth still takes the oath.

Every heartbeat counts the ruins, every touch misfires,

An elegy inside a bedroom, trading whispers for barbed wires.

[Pre-Chorus]

We dressed our ghosts in new skin—

Infinity kept the receipt.

[Chorus]

Love explodes, then lingers, a slow burn on the arm;

I watch the afterglow bloom, pretend it’s just a charm.

Lost lovers float in the fallout, punishment tastes like dawn;

Hold me here in the silence—by dusk we might be gone.

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[Bridge] (half-spoken, echo-drenched)

“Je me souviens”—the lie the city tells at night.

I pick through glowing embers, find your name still alight.

Window wide, universe staring: we blink, the stars avert their eyes.

Love always shows up late, then fines us for surprise.

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[Final Chorus]

Love explodes, then lingers, carving constellations in scars;

We trace them, swear they’re pretty, while dodging falling stars.

Lost lovers drift in the vapor, punishment wears your face;

Kiss me once for the ruin, twice for the radioactive grace.

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@joerg alexander / Berlin 18.07.2025