Out of Time

[Verse 1]
Your hand stays longer than it should
Right where my patience breaks
Silk slips slow from my shoulder
I don’t tell you to wait
Your knee against the edge of mine
The room feels small and warm
I feel your pause, your almost-move
Like a storm that’s being born

[Pre-Chorus]
Your breath is heavy on my neck
I feel the question in it
Don’t say a word—
Your body already did

[Chorus]
Hold me like you mean the mess
Like tomorrow doesn’t exist
Your weight, your heat, your mouth too close
I feel everything you didn’t promise
No love, no lies, just skin on skin
Pull me under, don’t ask when
If this is wrong, then don’t be kind—
Touch me like we’re out of time

[Verse 2]
Your fingers map me, slow and sure
Like they already know
You don’t rush the dangerous parts
You let the tension grow
My back arches into your palm
Before I think it through
I taste the want between my teeth
Every time you move

[Pre-Chorus]
Your lips hover, barely there
I shake where you don’t touch
You smile like you know exactly
How little it would take

[Chorus]
Hold me like you mean the mess
Like the world is out of reach
Your pulse loud against my ribcage
Saying things you’ll never speak
No future, no forgiveness
Just the truth inside our hands
If you’re going to ruin me—
Do it slow, just like this

[Bridge]
Don’t say my name like it matters
Say it like it burns
Let your thumb trace that thin line
Where my control returns
I don’t need to feel chosen
I just need to feel you stay
Right here, right now, right on my skin
Before the feeling fades

[Final Chorus]
Hold me like you mean the mess
Like we planned to disappear
Your mouth, your breath, your hands too sure
Everything is loud in here
No love story, no alibi
Just the heat we can’t deny
If this ends when morning comes—
Touch me like we’re out of time

[Outro]
No promises.
No release.
Just your body
Remembering mine.

Salt

Lizz Wright

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