[Verse 1]
Found your coat
In the back of the hallway
Pressed my face
To the faded sleeve
I breathed in deep
Just dust and cold air
Nothing of you
Left for me
[Chorus]
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
Did it sting like rain
Or feel like bread at dawn?
I reach for a trace that never comes
Just a blank in the place
Where your warmth should live on
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
And it feels like something’s wrong
[Verse 2]
Family says
You loved that one perfume
Name on their tongue
But not on mine
I try old brands
In a drugstore aisle
Hoping one breath
Turns back time
[Chorus]
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
Did it cling like smoke
Or drift like summer wind?
I search every stranger passing by
For a ghost of a past
That I carry thin
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
Like a story I’m missing within
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s tucked
In a box I lost
Or a shirt they gave away
Maybe it’s hiding
In the hair I brush
Every single day
If I ever catch
Just one small note
I swear I’ll hold it tight (so tight)
Write it down
Say it out loud
Every morning
Every night (mmm)
[Chorus]
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
Just the shape of her hands
And the songs she’d hum
But I’ll keep a space on my quiet skin
For the day that a breath
Brings her rushing in
I can’t remember my mother’s scent
Yet I know
I’m made of her
Within