[Verse 1]
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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[Pre-Chorus]
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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[Chorus]
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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[Verse 2]
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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[Pre-Chorus]
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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[Chorus]
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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[Bridge - grunge breakdown]
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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[Final Chorus - bigger, distorted]
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
SabrinaBurke
