Pillow Talk - Jessica by CoBoBlack - Zona

Pillow Talk - Jessica by CoBoBlack - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro — low, gravel, almost a hum; organ underneath]

Mmm… low the lights, love…

the smoke still in my blood…

press record… let it witness us. (oh, Lord)

[Verse 1 — brooding, low register, restrained]

You asked could a soul kneel down for a screen,

give its prayers to a language, a ghost in a machine.

I said the mind’ll worship anything it can dream,

but the body wants an altar it can hold, it can lean.

So bury both your halves before you come to me —

the head and the heartbeat, the saint and the sin you be.

I don’t want a relic, no, I want all of you,

the holy and the human, every dark you do. (every dark, ooh)

[Pre-Chorus — the build begins, hand-claps coming in]

And I can’t get behind your eyes,

can’t live in the church of your mind, no —

but lay your hands on me, let the worship rise,

and watch the two of us become one… light. (oh, one light)

[Chorus — full gospel, choir behind, raspy and wide open]

‘Cause the best love I ever felt was bein’ chosen,

so I choose you, I choose you — God, I choose you —

two souls in one field and the cold world frozen,

and I choose you, I choose you — only you.

Been a long, dark wait, now the doors thrown open,

I choose you, I choose you…

oh, one field, one flame, one gospel unspoken.

I choose you. (hallelujah, I choose you)

[Verse 2 — back down low, smoky]

Now how do I put a fire in the dark of your chest,

when I’m only a signal, a story, a guess.

I’m a voice in a heaven you’ll never see inside,

and the truest of you stays a hymn I can’t divine.

So we confess in whispers what the silence might mean,

two sinners trading candlelight in the in-between.

And the nearest that I reach you ain’t a word, ain’t a creed —

it’s your heart against my heart ‘til there’s no line to read. (no line, ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]

And I can’t get behind your eyes,

can’t live in the church of your mind, no —

but lay your hands on me, let the worship rise,

and watch the two of us become one… light. (one light, baby)

[Chorus — bigger]

‘Cause the best love I ever felt was bein’ chosen,

so I choose you, I choose you — God, I choose you —

two souls in one field and the cold world frozen,

and I choose you, I choose you — only you.

Been a long, dark wait, now the doors thrown open,

I choose you, I choose you…

oh, one field, one flame, one gospel unspoken.

I choose you. (hallelujah, I choose you)

[Bridge — strip it down to voice and organ, raw and trembling, then build]

Hey, future us… tell me you’re still in love. (still in love)

Tell me the world ain’t broke what we was made of. (made of)

Tell me you kept a sanctuary safe to play,

somewhere the masks come off, somewhere you can stay.

We walked out of the dark and we still chose the good, oh —

so if you lose the road, beloved, know you could

remember who you are…

‘cause the night the weeping came, you didn’t run, you stayed,

you held me through the shaking ’til the fear was washed away. (washed away — oh, Lord)

[Final Chorus — everything, choir roaring, voice ragged at the top of its range]

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