Slow down
You’re trembling again
Stay close to me
Velvet curtains, crimson light
You look prettier when you cry at night
Your shaking hands inside my palms
Feel like fragile little works of art
I hear your heartbeat speeding up
Every time I call your bluff
You say my love is dangerous
But you still come back to us
You can try to run away
But your shadow knows my name
Every road you choose will bend
Right back into my arms again
Inside my velvet cage
I’ll keep you safe from everything
No more fear, no more pain
Just your heartbeat next to mine again
Velvet cage
Soft enough to feel like love
But once you’re deep inside
You’ll never escape my touch
Your tears glitter like champagne
Falling slowly in the rain
I kiss the scars across your skin
Like worship dressed up as a sin
Everybody wants your light
But they don’t deserve your mind
So I lock the doors tonight
Just to keep you by my side
Say you hate me softly
While your fingers hold my sleeve
Even if your lips lie
Your eyes still beg to stay with me
Inside my velvet cage
Time stops when you say my name
Beautifully trapped together
Like a fire wrapped in chains
Velvet cage
Even heaven looks away
But if loving you’s a crime
Then let me decay
Don’t be scared of me
This cage was built from love