[Verse 1]
Your jacket on my chair
Still smells like last July
Cheap perfume and cigarette
Caught me every time
You traced your name
On the fogged-up café glass
Said “this is us
Right here”
Funny how fast that passed
[Pre-Chorus]
You swore you’d never leave a mark
Guess you lied in the dark
[Chorus]
You’re like ink on my heart
Won’t wash out
Won’t come off
Every beat
Every scar
Spells your name when it floods
Tried to scrub you from my skin
But you’re deeper than the cut
You’re like ink on my heart
And I can’t clean you up (oh)
[Verse 2]
I still avoid
That street with the silver door
Where you kissed me mid-fight
Said we’re better
We’re better than before
All of your clothes are gone
But your ghost still leaves a mess
Find you in the smallest things
In the quiet
In my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
You swore you’d never leave a mark
Now I glow in the dark
[Chorus]
You’re like ink on my heart
Won’t wash out
Won’t come off
Every beat
Every scar
Spells your name when it floods
Tried to scrub you from my skin
But you’re deeper than the cut
You’re like ink on my heart
And I can’t clean you up
[Bridge]
Tell me
Did you ever mean it? (ever?)
All the words you etched in me
You moved on like nothing happened
I’m still dripping memories
I keep saying I’m forgetting
Till your color starts to bleed
Running through my veins again
Painting over every dream
[Chorus]
You’re like ink on my heart
Won’t wash out
Won’t come off
Every beat
Every scar
Spells your name when it floods
Tried to scrub you from my skin
But you’re deeper than the cut
You’re like ink on my heart
And I hate that it’s love (oh)