[Verse 1 – Male] (smooth, slightly low, flowing; emphasis on “shadows” and “fire”)
I slip through shadows, the city asleep (hold “shadows”)
Stars bow to you, my secret to keep (soft vibrato on “keep”)
Your fire calls louder than jewels or gold (emphasize “fire”)
A treasure forbidden, too wild to hold *(hold “hold”)
[Verse 2 – Female] (warm, slightly airy, ascending; emphasize “prize” and “home”)
You climb every wall, yet I’m the true prize (stretch “prize”)
Danger burns bright in your eyes (long “eyes”)
The crown can’t chain me, I’m no one’s to own (slight pause after “own”)
But with you in the dark, I’m finally home *(soft ad-lib: “mmm”)
[Chorus – Together] (chanty, harmonize on “Velvet nights” and “we can’t tame”)
Velvet nights, stolen breath (both harmonize “Velvet nights”)
Touch me like we’re cheating death (male low, female high harmony on “death”)
No kingdom, no cage (emphasize “cage”)
Just bodies on fire, a love we can’t tame *(both ad-lib: “oh-oh”)
Velvet nights, just you and me *(soft background “yeah-yeah”)
Lost in the heat where the world cannot see (hold “see”)
[Verse 3 – Male] (slightly urgent, rhythmic; emphasize “alive”)
Chased after freedom, wind on my skin
But freedom is nothing without you within
The streets gave me hunger, the will to survive (pause slightly before next line)
Your lips are the reason I feel alive *(stretch “alive”)
[Verse 4 – Female] (passionate, rising; emphasize “dare”)
The throne means nothing when your hands are near
Whisper your secrets, I’ll silence my fear
With you I’m a rebel, with you I dare *(stretch “dare,” optional breathy “ah”)
Silk on my skin, the moon in my hair
[Chorus 2 – Together] *(repeat harmonies; optional call-response ad-libs: “oh-oh, yeah”)
Velvet nights, fever high
We burn like a flame that will never die
No kingdom, no crown
Just love that can’t be broken down
Velvet nights, take me away
Into your arms where the shadows stay
[Bridge – Call & Response] (male low, female higher; dramatic pauses on key words)
Male: Every guard, every chain they devise (pause)
Female: Can’t bind what we feel, can’t silence our cries
Male: I’d steal every star, tear the sky above (hold “above”)
Female: I’d trade every jewel for the danger of love *(breathy “oh”)
[Chorus 3 – Together] (big finish; harmonize strongly on “Velvet nights”)
Velvet nights, stolen breath
Touch me like we’re cheating death
No kingdom, no cage
Just bodies on fire, a love we can’t tame
Velvet nights, we’ll never fall
The world disappears when you answer my call *(ad-lib: “oh-oh-oh”)
[Outro – Soft, fading] (delicate, intertwining voices, slight vibrato)
Female: Velvet nights, hold me tight *(soft breathy “mmm”)
Male: In your arms, the world feels right *(soft vibrato on “right”)
Together: Velvet nights, forever bound
Our fire, our kingdom where love is crowned *(fade out slowly, optional ad-lib “oh-oh”)
