🎵 The Smell Of You 🎤 Alisha James 💿 Genre: R&B / Soul / Hip Hop ABOUT THIS SONG The Smell Of You is an R&B, soul, and hip-hop slow jam about loving someone who isn't there. The first verse opens on the hollow ache of distance: she counts the hours until her partner comes home and searches for any way to make it through the nights alone. The pre-chorus gives her that way. She keeps his shirt close and lets his familiar cologne fill the room, and each breath brings him a little nearer. The chorus turns that ritual into a promise: as long as his scent lingers, she is never truly alone. The second verse takes her out into the world. A passing trace of the same fragrance makes her turn, half expecting to see him, before the moment fades and she hurries back to the space they share. In the bridge, memory becomes comfort. The scent dries her tears and wraps around her like an embrace, a reminder that he completes her. The outro is a quiet vow to hold on until he walks back through the door.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] I feel the emptiness when you're so far away, Counting down the hours, praying for the day, When you'll walk through the door and hold me tight, But 'til then, I find a way to get through the night. [Pre-Chorus] I take your shirt, place it soft on my bed, Acqua Di Gio wraps around me instead. Every breath I take, I find a piece of you, Keeps me holding on 'til you come shining through. [Chorus] The smell of you will carry me, Through the loneliness, endlessly. Even when you're gone, I know it's true, I'm never alone with the smell of you. [Verse 2] In the crowded aisles, I wander and I roam, Catch a scent, and I turn, expecting you, my home. But the shadow fades, and you're not there, So I rush back to our world where I know you care. [Pre-Chorus] I take your shirt, place it soft on my bed, Acqua Di Gio wraps around me instead. Every breath I take, I find a piece of you, Keeps me holding on 'til you come shining through. [Chorus] The smell of you will carry me, Through the loneliness, endlessly. Even when you're gone, I know it's true, I'm never alone with the smell of you. [Bridge] Oh, the scent of love, your touch in the air, Wipes away my tears, calms every despair. These memories surround, cradle my soul, You're the missing piece that makes me whole. [Chorus] The smell of you will carry me, Through the loneliness, endlessly. Even when you're gone, I know it's true, I'm never alone with the smell of you. [Outro] Until you come home, I'll hold on tight, To the fragrance that keeps me warm at night. With Acqua Di Gio as a piece of your heart, It's the smell of you that never lets us part.
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