The Body Voted First (Eros)

Lyrics

[Intro]
The room was just a room.
The air was just air.
I was counting the seconds between my own breaths.
And then you were there.

[Verse 1]
Before my brain could find a name for you,
my shoulders dropped an inch.
The small hairs on my arms, they held a quiet caucus.
My blood warmed, just a degree.
A current running under the skin.
The hum of the refrigerator in the corner changed its key.
I didn't even know I was holding a ballot.

[Chorus]
The body voted first.
A landslide in the nerves.
A unanimous decision from the marrow and the blood.
There was no debate on the floor.
No abstentions.
My mind was still reading the minutes from the last meeting.
The body had already signed the treaty.

[Verse 2]
Hesiod called you the loosener of limbs.
He wasn't wrong.
My knees forgot their job description.
My tongue felt thick, a clumsy guest in my own mouth.
It's the oldest coup in the book.
A golden-tipped insurgency.
I can feel it, right below the ribs.
The point of entry. No wound, just warmth.

[Chorus]
The body voted first.
A landslide in the nerves.
A unanimous decision from the marrow and the blood.
There was no debate on the floor.
No abstentions.
My mind was still looking for the proper forms to file.
The body had already signed the treaty.

[Bridge]
And who am I to argue with this congress?
This ancient parliament of skin and bone?
It knows a truth older than language.
Older than my own name.
It recognizes you from a time before Chaos settled.
A primordial vibration.
And it says… yes.
It just says yes.

[Outro]
The vote is tallied.
The motion is carried.
My mind is just now catching up...
reading the news...
in the tremor of my own hands.
The body voted first.