Velvet Crime

Red light falling on a room of glass,
Your name moves slow, then it cuts and passes.
Gold on your wrist, smoke in your hair,
You wear danger like the rich wear prayer.
No one speaks when you cross the floor,
They’ve seen this kind of storm before.
A smile so calm, a kiss so cold,
You touch like sin wrapped up in gold.

Take one step, don’t look away,
Mercy is cheap and it never stays.
Tonight the truth is overdressed,
And every heartbeat fails the test.

We dance like a velvet crime,
Slow murder in perfect time.
Your hands say “come,” your eyes say “run,”
But I stay still till the night is done.
No alibi, no sacred line,
Just your shadow stitched to mine.
If this is ruin, let it shine,
We dance like a velvet crime.

Black tie silence, silver heat,
The room falls down beneath your feet.
Every turn is a loaded vow,
Too late for innocence now.
You don’t love, you acquire,
You build your throne out of want and fire.
And I, God help me, know the cost,
Still walk with grace toward what is lost.

Take one breath, then steal the next,
Heaven was never made for this.
No one here is clean enough,
We call it art when it turns to dust.

We dance like a velvet crime,
Slow murder in perfect time.
Your hands say “come,” your eyes say “run,”
But I stay still till the night is done.
No alibi, no sacred line,
Just your shadow stitched to mine.
If this is ruin, let it shine,
We dance like a velvet crime.

String me up in violin wire,
Crown the dark and feed the fire.
Some hearts break, some hearts obey,
Some sell their soul for one more sway.

We dance like a velvet crime,
All dressed up for the end of time.
Your lips don’t lie, they simply choose,
Who gets to win and who must lose.
No morning prayer, no warning sign,
Just your perfume and my decline.
If doom has music, this is mine,
We dance like a velvet crime.