Aroma Of You
single
Aroma Of You
Rose finds the whole architecture of long-term love in the smallest possible details: a lip print on a coffee cup, a sweater in the back seat, someone singing off-key in bed. The song works because it earns its chorus rather than announcing it. Verses settle into something close and conversational, then the arrangement opens wide right around the one-minute mark, background harmonies stacking up behind a soulful lead that carries the hook with real authority. In F minor at a brisk pace, it has no business feeling this warm, and yet it does, landing somewhere between a Babyface slow-burn and classic Lionel Richie without being beholden to either.
Lyrics
Sunlight slid through the half-closed blinds You were still curled up on my side Coffee in the pot, your clothes on the chair Your shampoo still hanging in the air
I kissed your shoulder, checked the time You laughed and pulled me back inside Even when I walk out that door You follow me from room to room
On my face On my hands Every little thing I touch still brings me back again
Aroma of you Stays with me all day long In the smoke, in the rain In every old love song
Aroma of you Turns a hard day soft and slow When the whole world wears me down You're the one thing I still hold
Your lip print stayed there on my cup I caught myself smiling at lunch Red light stop with your voice in my head Singing off-key like you do in bed
Your sweater tossed in the back seat Tiny traces in everything I never knew a heart could live Inside the smallest little things
On my T-shirt In our car Even miles away you never really are
Aroma of you Stays with me all day long In the smoke, in the rain In every old love song
Aroma of you Turns a hard day soft and slow When the whole world wears me down You're the one thing I still hold
Night falls quiet Lamp light low Your feet find mine beneath the clothes No big words No grand parade Just your heartbeat next to me
Aroma of you Still hanging on my skin Every day begins with you Every night pulls me back in
Aroma of you The sweetest thing I know Close my eyes and there you are Like coming home
Mmm Aroma of you Still hanging in my heart
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose