Mercury on a bathroom tile
Silver, split, impossible to hold
You were like that in every room
Beautiful enough to make me foolish
Dangerous enough to prove me right
I touched too fast, it broke apart
Little bright pieces in the dark
Still shining where it shouldn't
Mercury, silver on my skin
Hard to hold and harder to forget
Mercury, cold and true
You were never mine to keep
But I still bled trying to
I watched your shadow leave the sink
The mirror kept the light a little longer
I hated how it suited you
How even absence looked expensive
Like you had practiced vanishing
No crash, no scene, just trace
Something bright I can't replace
Even when I should
Mercury, silver on my skin
Hard to hold and harder to forget
Mercury, cold and true
You were never mine to keep
But I still bled trying to
Maybe some loves are element
Not a home, not a promise
Just a beautiful thing you shouldn't touch
Mercury, silver on my skin
Hard to hold and harder to forget
Mercury, cold and true
You were never mine to keep
But I still bled trying to
The light stayed after you
