The Body Doesn't Lie

[Verse 1]
Cabin walls and skin on skin
Belt buckle hitting the floor
You're not asking and I'm not giving
But we're both keeping score
Hands in hair and teeth on throat
Neither one of us bends
I can feel you wanting
What you won't say to me
Not yet

[Pre-Chorus]
Say you want it
Fuck you
We both know what that means
Still think you're in charge
Prove it
Neither of us yields

[Chorus]
When the fight fades
And there's nothing left to prove
When the grip turns to holding
And I'm holding onto you
When the fight fades
And the storm finally breaks clean
That's when I see you
That's when you see me

[Verse 2]
You shoved me into the wall
I put you through the sheets
Rolling for the top
Neither taking the defeat
But something shifted under us
The bruising turned to pull
Your hands stopped fighting
And started reaching
For something real

[Pre-Chorus]
Say you want it
Just do it
Your body said it first
No more armor
No more proving
Just give me what hurts

[Chorus]
When the fight fades
And there's nothing left to prove
When the grip turns to holding
And I'm holding onto you
When the fight fades
And the storm finally breaks clean
That's when I see you
That's when you see me

[Bridge]
Your fists went open
Started holding
Your grip went from bruising
To something like prayer
The fight bled out of us
Left something softer
You pulled me closer
And I let you
God, I let you

[Final Chorus]
When the fight fades
And there's nothing left to prove
When the grip turns to holding
And I'm just holding you
When it all fades
And we're finally here
I stop fighting
You stop fighting
And it feels like

[Outro]
Not a battle
Not a war
Just you and me
It felt like home
It felt like home

[Intro]
(Light acoustic + finger snaps, building 808 pulse)

[Verse 1]
Three years running, same old road
Same clearing, same fire, same cold
Left the wives and the kids at home
Two guys with nowhere else to go
Cracked a beer before the sun went down
Talked about our families, our jobs, our towns
Nothing wrong, nothing out of place
Two old friends just taking up space

[Pre-Chorus]
But the dark got loud that first night
Something in the quiet wasn't right
Told myself to let it go
Rolled over slow, tried not to know

[Chorus 1]
We didn't shoot anything
But something got shot
Went out there hunting
Got more than we brought
Terrible aim —
That's what we said
Standing in the driveway, straight-faced
We didn't shoot anything
But something got shot

[Verse 2]
Storm came through, took down the tent
Shared a sleeping bag — that's all it meant
Woke up tangled, skin on skin
Heat rising up, no giving in
Stripped down at the stream, you didn't speak
Your hands on my shoulders, river running deep
Three years of looking the other way
Till your touch went somewhere brand new that day

[Chorus 2]
We didn't bag a single thing
But we bagged something
Went in loaded, came out spent
Lord have mercy, what a hunting trip
Terrible aim —
That's what we said
Standing in the driveway, straight-faced
Didn't pull the trigger once out there
But Lord we both got hit
And something got shot

[Verse 3]
Somewhere past the county line
You stopped talking and I dropped the lie
Jacket over my lap, porch light burning bright
Your kid came running out the door
"Did you shoot a deer, Dad?"
Watched you kneel down, hug him close
Something locked up in my chest
Real life landing hard and fast
Jenny in the doorway, coffee going cold
She didn't say a word, that woman always could
Read a room

[Final Chorus]
We didn't bag a single thing
But we bagged something
Went in loaded, came out spent
Lord have mercy, what a hunting trip
Terrible aim —
That's the story we tell
Standing in the driveway, straight-faced
We didn't shoot anything
But something got shot
Next time, I'm driving
Yeah

[Bridge]
Sat there in the dark, empty side of the bed
Phone cold in my hand, nothing coming through
Typed "next time I'm driving" anyway
Deleted it — typed it again
Hit send
Screen going black, heart going fast
Whole world falling apart, reaching for something
Three years of nowhere else to go
And nowhere else I want to be.

[instrumental break]

[Reprise]
Same road, same exit, same trees going by
Cooler in the back, same October sky
Except this time I'm driving
Somewhere around mile forty-two
Your hand moved slow across the seat
Slid up my thigh, fingers tangled sweet
Didn't say a word
Didn't have to

[Outro]
(Got more than we brought)
(Yeah)
(This time, I'm driving)
(Yeah)

[Intro]
Not my problem… nah…
Mmm, not my problem…

[Verse 1]
Found a key under the mat like I always do
Cracked a cold Budweiser on the couch I grew into
His boy rolled in at nine — twenty-one, drunk, fresh bandage on his neck
Rolled his eyes, hit me with "Goin' to bed, Uncle J"
I had my own divorce sittin' heavy on my phone
Told myself whatever noise was upstairs wasn't mine to own

[Pre-Chorus]
Filed it right where us men file things we know we shouldn't touch
Told myself, "Boy, you done had enough"

[Chorus]
Not my problem! That's what I said
Ain't my business what's goin' on upstairs
Not my problem, none of my concern
Funny how that line starts to burn
My boots hit the stairs 'fore my brain came around
When you're pressed up against the door
Turns out "not my problem" got a real funny sound (yeah)

[Verse 2]
Something in the quiet had a rhythm goin' strong
Mattress thumpin', low and wet, like it knew someone was home
Told myself sit down, told myself turn around
But my body had an answer and it sure as hell wasn't that
Heard him breathin' heavy through that thin old door
Lord have mercy, where do I even start to fall
Thought about that bandage, thought about what's right
Thought about how bad I wanted him — and Lord, I lost that fight

[Pre-Chorus]
Filed it right where us men file things we know we shouldn't touch
Told myself, "Boy, you done had enough"

[Chorus]
Not my problem! That's what I said
Ain't my business what's goin' on upstairs
Not my problem, none of my concern
Funny how that line starts to burn
My boots hit the stairs 'fore my brain came around
When you're pressed up against the door
Turns out "not my problem" got a real funny sound (yeah)

[Verse 3]
Pushed that door open — Lord, I knew I should've turned around
Blue light off that laptop and then something hit the ground
Watched his body let go — caught every second of it
Colors on his neck right where that bandage used to sit
He looked at me like he'd been holding this a long, long time
Said the words I'd filed a thousand times under "not mine"
Standing there — nobody's uncle — just a man who wanted in

[Bridge]
He dropped the Uncle… kept the James
One word landed different and nothing stayed the same
I said "kitchen table, breakfast, two responsible men"
He said "my bed" with that half-crooked grin
I said "just two horny teenagers"
He said "yeah that fits"
Yeah Daniel… it does
Funny what you file under "leave it alone"
When your business is standing right there in the light

[Chorus]
Not my problem! That's what I said
But here I am all tangled up in his thread
Not my problem… turns out it was
Turns out it always had been, just because
Sometimes the thing you file under "leave it alone"
Follows you up every stair and finds you at the door
Not my problem… Lord, it's mine

[Outro]
Not my problem… that's what I said
Not my problem…
Yeah…
Goodnight, Unc—

[spoken intro]
Memphis heat outside…
but the only thing leaking under that sink was the story we wrote.

[verse 1]
You staged it like a movie, silk robe hanging low
Harbor Town marble, river light putting on a show
Called me in for a leak, said the pipes were rough
Had me belly-down, pants low enough
Vent breeze at my back, hairy situation on display
You walked a slow circle with that rich-boy sway
Kept the disdain in your voice but your eyes tracked south
I played the straight plumber — till you ended up in my mouth

[pre-chorus]
Scene ran hotter than the script we drew
Body talking louder than either of us knew
Slipped right past the places where we'd drawn the line
I was still reaching for you every time

[chorus]
We go all the way to the edge, baby
Come back laughing every time
You push me past the places I swore were out of bounds
Find you on the other side still mine
We tear it wide open, break it all down
End up on the floor still chasing that sound
Whatever happened in that room
Has nothing to do with today

[verse 2]
You called in a wild card without a word to me
Thought a surprise third was the gift you'd set free
I had you by the throat and I meant every bit
Real heat bleeding into the scene — the lines split
You tapped out on the floor — your ex walked me out the door
Sat on that cold tile and figured out the score

[pre-chorus 2]
The real came in when it wasn't in the plan
Got lost somewhere between the role and the man
But I didn't stay down, I didn't stay gone
Wiped my face, walked back in — where I belong

[chorus 2]
We go all the way to the edge, baby
Come back laughing every time
You push me past the places I thought I had lines
Find you on the other side and you're still mine
We tear it wide open, lay it all down
End up on the floor — we already know that sound
Whatever happened in that room
Has nothing to do with today

[bridge]
We don't play small, we play all the way through
Got a tap-out word and we've both blown past it too
You're my husband underneath every character I run
That's why I find my way back when the scene is done

[final chorus]
We go all the way to the edge, baby
Come back laughing every time
You push me past the places I thought I had lines
Find you on the other side and you're still mine
We break it wide open, tear it all down
End up in that swing — ready for another round
Whatever happened in that room
Has nothing to do with today

[outro]
[spoken]
He laughed first.
Said he thought he could take both of us.
...He wasn't wrong.

[Verse 1]
I woke up soaked in our empty sheets
Still chasing what the dream left behind
The smell of pine tar on your hands
Nothing left but the ceiling and the ache inside
My body doesn't know you're gone
It's still asking for your hands
Still dreaming of your grip, the way you'd open me
The dream always breaks before you take me

[Verse 2]
Something yanked me back into that locker room
Found you burning in the dim light all alone
Legs shaking, eyes half-closed, chasing something deep
Something cracked open in my chest that didn't close
And I've been yours from that moment on
We went from teammates to lovers we couldn't name
To husbands throwing fastballs in the yard
I didn't know a man could make a home
Right in the middle of breaking me apart

[Pre-Chorus]
I stood under the water
Till the cold burned through
But the wanting doesn't stop
It doesn't care that you're gone
Goddamn you
For leaving me like this
My body still begging for your hands
At the edge of your goodbye

[Chorus]
Come back and make me beg again
Get your mouth where it belongs
Come back and split me open
Come back and hold me down
I'd take your hands, I'd take your hunger
I'd take the way you made me break
I'd take every filthy broken moment
If it meant you didn't go today

[Verse 3]
I found you in that old photograph
Your knuckles grinding in my hair
I put on black like I'm in armor
Like grief won't find me if I'm prepared
The coffee went cold before I finished
The man in the mirror looks controlled
But every inch of me is still begging
For something I will never get to hold

[Pre-Chorus]
I stood under the water
Till the cold burned through
But the wanting doesn't stop
It doesn't care that you're gone
Goddamn you
For leaving me like this
My body still begging for your hands
At the edge of your goodbye

[Chorus]
Come back and make me beg again
Get your mouth where it belongs
Come back and split me open
Come back and hold me down
I'd take your hands, I'd take your hunger
I'd take the way you made me break
I'd take every filthy broken moment
If it meant you didn't go today

[Bridge]
Our gloves were by the door
Side by side where we always left them
I touched the leather and I hit the floor
I can't stop wanting my other half
A red light and a drunk
And you were just gone
I'd burn down everything
For one more time
One more time

[Final Chorus]
God, let him make me beg again
Put his mouth where it belongs
God, let him split me open
Let him hold me down
I'd take his hands, I'd take his hunger
I'd take the way he made me break
Just give me back my husband
Before I have to say goodbye today

[Outro]
God… please
God… please

[verse 1]
Dark room, single bulb, the kind of heat that clings to skin
He walked in like he owned the air and I let him
Weeks of watching how he moved, the way he held his hands
Some things get spoken skin-first and the mouth just follows
Got down low and took my time and worshipped what I found
The kind of devotion that don't need a church or holy ground
By the time I raised my head he was already wrecked
Told him I wasn't done with him yet

[chorus]
Call it what you want to — I call it finding home
The weight of a man who wants you
That's the only truth I've known
That don't lie, don't leave you wondering
Every mark he leaves behind
Is a truth I wore right on my body
And I survived every kind
The weight — and I felt every bit

[verse 2]
Shower running hot, both of us already past the asking
He said get on your knees and I went down without a sound
Steam and salt and something sacred in the way he stood above me
His heat ran down my spine like he was branding what he'd found
Hands in my hair, his name written on my skin
Never knew what claimed felt like until I let him in
The weight of it moved right through me
And I didn't want to wash it off

[chorus 2]
Call it what you want to — I call it finding home
The weight of a man who marks you
That's the only truth I've known
That don't lie, don't leave you wondering
Every place he touched stayed warm
I wore his name without apology
And I survived the storm
The weight — and I carried it

[verse 3]
I'd been drowning slow for months and he could see it clear as day
Came home from double shifts and found me lying there undone
Said bend over that couch or walk out — his voice gone low and tight
I stayed
Sometimes love comes in hard and pulls you back in for a fight
Ten times his open hand across my skin and something finally cracked
Not the pain — it was the knowing that somebody gave a damn enough for that
He pressed his mouth where he'd left his mark and said mine
Like it was the simplest truth in the world

[chorus 3]
Call it what you want to — I call it finding home
The weight of a man who holds you
That's the only truth I've known
That don't lie, don't leave you wondering
His hands, his voice, his claim
I broke apart and he stayed right with me
And I survived the shame
The weight — and I needed it

[verse 4]
Hotel room, he sat like a man who knew exactly what he had
I crossed the room, my hands already on his belt
Sweat and musk and reverence — I took my time with every inch
By the time I raised my eyes I was already right where I belonged
Rested my cheek against his thigh when it was done
Felt his hand slide slow into my hair like he needed me
Could've stayed there till the morning
Could've stayed there all my life

[final chorus]
Call it what you want to — I call it finding home
The weight of a man who sees you
That's the only truth I've known
That don't lie, don't leave you wondering
Every body holds a truth
I learned mine on my knees and in the dark
And I survived the proof
The weight — god, the weight of it

[reprise]
I survived the weight of wanting
I survived the weight of it
I kept every mark he left on me
I survived the weight of this
Four rooms, one man, one truth running straight through all of them
The body doesn't lie
And love — real love — has weight
The kind that's still there in the morning
The kind that keeps you alive

[closing chorus]
This is home — his hands, his voice, his claim
The weight of a man who owns me
That's the only truth I've known
No apology, no wondering
I was built for this
Every room, every mark, every moment on my knees
Made me whole, made me his
The weight — god, the weight of it

[intro]
[acoustic guitar intro]

[verse 1]
First one walks in smooth from jaw to hip,
Hairless, light, and pretty — knows exactly what he is.
Turns every head and honey, gives it all a flip —
Darlin', you're gorgeous — but gorgeous isn't this.
Next one fills the doorframe thick from shoulder down,
Built himself a body just to stop and stare.
Chest like a cathedral, symmetry to spare —
I see the work you put in, baby, but who's living in there?

[verse 2]
Third one takes his time, authority in every step,
Salt and pepper on his chest, a body that's been kept.
Walks in like I should thank him just for showing up —
Sugar, I don't need a crown, I need a man to trust.

[chorus]
Don't show me what you built, show me what you've been.
Not the type, not the role, not somebody else's wish.
Show me the man behind the label —
I don't need a type, I need what's real.

[verse 3]
Big man fills the doorway, warm and wide and covered,
Thick dark chest hair, belly soft — a body worth discovering.
Something in his eyes almost made me want to stay,
But warmth without an opening, honey — that ain't my way.
Lean one slides in next, hairy all over,
Wiry, quick, and charming — knows the room before he's in it.
You light up all of them and live in none —
Honey, all that spark but you're still so dim.

[verse 4]
Last one's silver at the temple, silver on his chest,
Distinguished, settled, certain he's already cleared the rest.
I respect the miles you're carrying and every road you've known,
But roads don't tell me who you are when you finally come home.

[chorus 2]
Don't show me what you built, show me what you've been.
Not the type, not the role, not somebody else's wish.
I've been sitting in this chair long enough to know —
Show me the man behind the label,
I don't need a type, I need what's real.

[bridge]
Here's what I kept off my label —
Soft where I want to be, marked where I've been.
Ink on my skin and a belly that remembers
Every year I stopped pretending to be thin.
Every man who walked in here today
Led with the picture, not the life behind it.
I don't blame the camera or the game we play —
I just know what I want and I haven't found it.
Shaped by what you lived through, not constructed,
Something real enough to hold and rough enough to keep.
Show me what the picture never captured —
Show me the man, the kind that runs too deep.

[final chorus]
Don't show me what you built, show me what you've been.
Not the type, not the role, not somebody else's wish.
I've been waiting on the real thing and I'll wait a little more —
Show me the man behind the label,
I don't need a type, I need what's real.

[outro]
[spoken]
Still waiting.
Next.