Velvet Lies

You talk like honey, it’s sweet with fire

Soft words burning with a slow desire

I know the truth’s somewhere

hidden underneath

[echo, harmony] But I keep drowning in what you make me believe

Your hands feel like they’ve done this before

Already closed every exit door

I shouldn’t be so freaking oblivious

[echo, harmony] But I stay right here so serious

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It’s getting hard to tell what’s real

When every wound you give me heals

I feel it slipping through my hands

Like I’m part of a lie I don’t understand

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These velvet lies

they wrap me up too tight

I know it’s wrong

but it feels so right

I taste the truth in the back of your kiss

still I fall back into this

and I know I should leave tonight

but I’m addicted to your fight

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You paint my name in smoke and flame

Then act like I’m the one to blame

I see the cracks behind your calm

[echo, harmony] But I still lean into the harm you cause

There’s something holy in the way you lie

Like a prayer I don’t want to deny

And every time I try to breathe

[echo, harmony] You pull the air right out of me

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It’s getting hard to tell what’s real

When every wound you give me heals

I feel it slipping through my hands

Like I’m part of a lie I don’t understand

⸻

These velvet lies

they wrap me up too tight

I know it’s wrong

but it feels so right

I taste the truth in the back of your kiss

still I fall back into this

and I know I should leave tonight

but I’m addicted to your fight

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I say I’m fine but I’m not at all

I keep catching myself when I fall

You don’t love me, you just let me stay

And I let you anyway

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These velvet lies

they tear me apart

still I hold them close

to my fevered heart

I taste the truth in the blade of your knife

still I choose you in every life

and I know I should leave tonight

but I’d rather lose this fight