My Body Knew First

[Verse 1]
Sitting in my car
Engine still on

Scrolled past a picture
You were in it
I wasn’t

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[Verse 2]
You didn’t come home
Night of the storm

I drove through the dark
Calling your phone

Then I stopped

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[Pre-Chorus]
You said it was nothing
Said your phone died

Said you found somewhere
Dry for the night

But it didn’t sit right

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[Chorus]

My body knew first

I felt it drop
in my chest

Before I could think
before I could fix it

My body knew first

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My body knew first

Something went quiet
went tense

I tried to stay
I tried to defend it

My body knew first

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[Verse 3]
I looked at that photo
Like it might change

Zoomed in and out
But it stayed the same

And so did that feeling

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[Chorus]

My body knew first

I felt it drop
in my chest

Before I could think
before I could fix it

My body knew first

—

My body knew first

Something went quiet
went tense

I tried to stay
I tried to defend it

My body knew first

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[Bridge]
I’ve done this before

Talked myself out
of the door

Made it make sense
so I didn’t have to leave

What I could feel

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[Final Chorus]

My body knew first

I felt it drop
and I listened

I didn’t push past it
didn’t dismiss it

My body knew first

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My body knew first

Even when I want
to reverse it

I can stay with it
I can trust it

My body knows first

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