It was how good the velvet felt while it tightened.
Somewhere between wanting and warning,
we stopped asking who was holding who.
You can loosen your grip.
You can cut the cord.
You can swear you’re finally free.
But some knots remember the hands that tied them. -DG
//VELVET NOOSE//
You walk in dressed like mercy
With a hurricane behind your eyes
Kiss me like a loaded gun
Then vanish before the why
You leave your name on every mirror
Like a curse dressed up as truth
I'm already running to you
Pre-Chorus
Every warning light is flickering
Every lock forgets its key
I should know better by now
But better never looks like me
Chorus
Velvet noose
Soft touch, short fuse
Every time I break away
I come back black and blue
Velvet noose
Sweet venom, cheap perfume
You make a prison feel like home
And I keep walking into you
Velvet noose
Verse 2
You wear your chaos like a wedding ring
Polished up and shining bright
Turn every scar into a souvenir
Every wrong into a right
You pull me close when the room gets cold
Push me off when the sky turns blue
Leave me starving for the version of you
That never makes it through
Pre-Chorus
Every compass spins in circles
Every cure becomes the wound
I keep reaching for the exit
While I'm reaching back for you
Chorus
Velvet noose
Soft touch, short fuse
Every time I break away
I come back black and blue
Velvet noose
Sweet venom, cheap perfume
You make a prison feel like home
And I keep walking into you
Velvet noose
Bridge
You're the coffin and the nail
The thief and the alibi
The flood beneath the city streets
The storm beneath the sky
I know exactly what you are
That's the part I can't excuse
I keep mistaking open hands
For something I can't lose
Breakdown
Cut the wire
Cut it clean
Watch it pull me back again
Drop the knife
Break the spell
Why's your heaven built like hell?
Cut the wire
Cut it clean
Watch it pull me back again
Final Chorus
Velvet noose
Soft touch, short fuse
Every time I break away
I come back black and blue
Velvet noose
Sweet venom, cheap perfume
You make a prison feel like home
And I keep walking into you
Velvet noose
Velvet noose
Velvet noose
You make a prison feel like home
And I keep walking into you
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