What's That Perfume That You Wear? - Jens Lekman

What’s that perfume that you wear?

It brings me back somewhere

To the anticipation

Before I kissed someone

It’s got a sadness in it

Knowing how it ended

A promise of something so sweet

That never could be

And it smells so good

That sandalwood

The lavender

Lemon ginger

And I guess I still love her

But she’s gone forever

And however hard that might feel

At least it was real

If it could hurt like that

Got a miniature shampoo bottle on my shelf

From when we stayed at a hotel

And one whiff of that and I’m back there with her

Coming out of the shower, she’s still in bed fixing her hair

Says, «Let's go somewhere»

I can smell her sun lotion

From the window the jasmine

And the salt from the ocean

And it smells so good

That sandalwood

The vetiver

Pink pepper

And I guess I still love her

But she’s gone forever

And however hard that might feel

At least it was real

If it could hurt like that

(Over and over, over and over

Over and over, head up, head up, head up!

Over and over, over and over

Over and over, head up, head up, head up!)

It smells so good

That sandalwood

The lavender

Lemon ginger

And I guess I still love her

But she’s gone forever

And however hard that might feel

At least it was real

If it could hurt like that