Smell, Part 2: Songtext
von Soulganic

I′ve often heard
That smell is really closely related to memory
How we refer to a time and place
Really based on how someone smells
And you
Baby you smell beautiful

Like a paycheck dipped in a Christmas bonus
And your perfume's working overtime

You smell perfect


Like Sunday family dinners
Fried chicken, black eyed peas
Collard beans, and cornbread
All of it on an oak table
Your pawpaw built with bare hands
And none of it is lit by candle
Because it smells
Like the light bill′s been paid
And it's surrounded by your perfect family
Where your brother's not drunk
Your father′s not screaming
And your mother′s not depressed
Wearing the same dress she had on
For the past four days
Cuz it's the last thing she had on
When your father said she looked pretty

Can you smell that?

It smells a lot like love
Rotting in a broken heart
Like a refrigerator that won′t close
Fully because the seal has been damaged
And everything you put inside
Is starting to slowly spoil, I
Think that's why men wear cologne
To cover up dying insecurities

But you
I remember you
You smell beautiful
I remember you
You smell beautiful
That′s how I remember you
You smell beautiful
That's how I remember you


And I remember you like
Like an old museum
And I′m not talking cliche kind of way
Hanging upside down from Sistine Chapel
No, I mean like
A real labor of love
The same reason God took the seventh day off
Because His hands and conscience kept cramping
From perfecting the little flaw in your smile
You smell like God has been here
Left in a hurry
And the scent of His existence is still dancing in the room

I remember you
You smell beautiful
I remember you
Oh love, you smell beautiful
I said I remember you
Because you smell so beautiful
I promise I remember you
Because you smell so beautiful

You smell like 1986 incense burning
While my father and I clean the house
To the background of Soulganic
You smell like good memories
And even better music baby
You smell like the wind chasing yesterday
You smell like southern sun melting little girls' hair grease away
You smell like like old church pews
My uncle June singing blues
You smell
You smell beautiful

How I remembered you?
How I remembered you is like a sunset sinking into a horizon baby
It's hard to put you out my mind
Sometimes
Every time I inhale my mind races like
Old Chucks and football socks across recess parking lots
You′re like the wind
Blowing into my yesterday
Chasing away fears
Baby have no fear I′ll be right here forever
Waiting to smell your existence
I offer you no resistance I collapse at your feet
I'm willing to serve you
Love you
Simply because you smell
So beautiful

And I remember you
You smell beautiful