[Verse 1]
Black lace gloves on my wrist
Teacup trembling at my lip
Every rule says “just resist”
But your gaze takes every sip
Fans are folding
Gossip folds
Heat is rising through this gold
You bow once
And I’m already sold
[Pre-Chorus]
Lanterns glow on powdered skin
You say my name
The room thins
Proper ladies shouldn’t drown in sin
So why do I want to fall in
[Chorus]
I’m burning through the silk of this decorum
Tearing through the corset of my pride
All these shining eyes around the ballroom
Still I only want you by my side
Such wicked
Wicked longing in this Eden
You’re the sweetest scandal I can’t hide
I’m burning through the silk of my composure
Set the centuries on fire tonight
[Verse 2]
Card games
Careful every bet
Your hand hovers at my neck
Such a tiny social step
Feels like walking off the edge
You say “May I take this dance?”
One small word could break the glass
I curtsy
But my pulse runs fast
[Pre-Chorus]
Strings all sigh when you pull near
Every chaperone so severe
If they knew the things I crave to hear
Would they drown us out or disappear
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] Meet me where the hedges twist
Where the rules can’t see us kiss
Let the roses bruise our wrists
Say my name and call it risk
[whispered vocals] Closer
Closer
Court my ruin
Let the decade judge our doing
I don’t want a saint’s salvation
Just your hands
My consecration
[Chorus]