The Body Remembers

Title: The Body Remembers Artist: Black Thread Union [Intro] [Verse 1] My hands knew the room Before the lights came on My ribs kept the shape Of what I said was gone I made the story cleaner I gave the wound a name But under all that language The pulse stayed the same [Pre-Chorus] No witness No trial No mercy in the nerves No verdict No file Just the record underneath the words [Chorus] The body remembers What the mouth forgave What the mind buried What the blood engraved The body remembers Under every name You can change the story But the pulse stays the same [Verse 2] My shoulders held the weather My jaw preserved the lock My stomach learned the timing Of every loaded clock There’s a flinch behind the breathing There’s a tremor in the frame There’s an old alarm still ringing With nobody left to blame [Pre-Chorus] No witness No trial No mercy in the nerves No verdict No file Just the record underneath the words [Chorus] The body remembers What the mouth forgave What the mind buried What the blood engraved The body remembers Under every name You can change the story But the pulse stays the same [Bridge] I was not afraid I was calibrated I was not weak I was braced I was not free I was sedated Into the shape Of a safer place [Build] The shape of a safer place The shape of a safer place The shape of a safer place [Riff Break] [Final Chorus] The body remembers What the mouth forgave What the mind buried What the blood engraved The body remembers Under every name You can change the story But the pulse stays the same The body remembers Every shape I survived I walked away clean But the blood kept time [Outro] The pulse stays the same The pulse stays the same The pulse stays—