Temptation

(Ooh, mmm)

We started our trek back in Xi’an

Carrying nothing but the weight of our names

1300 miles of dust on my boots

Just to find the place where you breathe

I like the way the air changes near you

It smells like crushed cloves and dry rain

We don’t need a map for this exchange

Your hand in mine is a sovereign state (A sovereign state)

Everything I own is yours to take

From the linen on my back to my heavy heart

This is the Silk Road we carved out

Trading the softest parts of our skin

Under the weight of the Karakoram peaks

I’m just a merchant looking for home (Looking for home)

The math is simple when it’s only us

One plus one is the only constant I need

Samarkand was cold until you looked at me

8000 steps across the high pass

I watched you sleeping in the blue light

The morning after feels like a prayer (Like a holy thing)

No labels on the jars we’re carrying

Just the sweetness of the fruit we found

I’m insecure about the way you love

Like I’m trading straw for pure silk

This is the Silk Road we carved out

Trading the softest parts of our skin

Under the weight of the Karakoram peaks

I’m just a merchant looking for home (Looking for home)

The math is simple when it’s only us

One plus one is the only constant I need

Across the desert (Give it all to me)

Through the mountain gate (It’s a long way home)

13 centuries

One heart (Just one)

Keep the change (Keep it all)