Bleeding Velvet

Take the knife
Make it bloom
Velvet bleeds
Inside this room

I wore your name like armor
But it cut me deeper still
Every word, a hammer
And I forgot how not to feel

You traced me in glass and smoke
Pressed my voice into your cloak
But every echo sounds like you
So what's a lie I can't undo?

Bleeding velvet down my spine
Every heartbeat skips the line
I don't run, I only burn
With every scream, I twist and turn

Take this fire, let it break
Drag me through your dark mistake
Stitch me into all you said
But violin screams instead

You spoke like thunder in disguise
But I found rain behind your eyes
Your promises were paper blades
And still, I begged for more decay

You carved your truth into my chest
Then left me bleeding like the rest
I tried to run but heard the sound
Of every step pulling me down

Bleeding velvet down my spine
Every heartbeat skips the line
I don't run, I only burn
With every scream, I twist and turn

Take this fire, let it break
Drag me through your dark mistake
Stitch me into all you said
But violin screams instead

Burn me right, or don't at all
This love was built to fall
I learned your name in pain
And spelled it out in vein

Bleeding velvet down my spine
Bleeding red but call it mine
I don't run, I only burn
Leave the truth, let violins churn

Take this fire, let it break
We were real, but we were fake
Stitch me into all you said
But violin screams instead

Still bleeding
Still velvet