Velvet Lies & Cheap Champagne

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Verse 1

Red lipstick on a crystal glass

Mascara running, but I still got class

You said forever like a punchline joke

Now I’m choking on the words you spoke

You love like London in the rain

Cold one second, then champagne

You kiss me soft just to pull away

God, I hate how I beg you to stay

Pre-Chorus

I know you’re poison in a tailored suit

Silver tongue with a bitter truth

But I still drink every word you spill

Even knowing that it kills

Chorus (Big, soulful)

So pour me another, let it burn my chest

If heartbreak’s a game, then I play it best

You say I’m crazy, maybe that’s right

I see your halo in neon lights

You wreck me slow, you call it love

But love don’t feel like a loaded gun

I’m dancing barefoot on broken tiles

Singing through my velvet lies

Verse 2

Your fingerprints on my cigarette

I taste your danger on my silhouette

You swear you’re sorry at 3AM

But you’ll do it all again

I’m too glam to cry on cue

But I smear my eyeliner over you

Diamonds fake but the pain is real

God, I hate how you make me feel

Pre-Chorus

You touch me like you’re saying grace

But heaven’s never in your embrace

I know the devil when he smiles

But I stay for a while

Chorus (Bigger, gospel adlibs)

So pour me another, let it burn my chest

If heartbreak’s a game, then I play it best

You say I’m crazy, maybe that’s right

I see your halo in neon lights

You wreck me slow, you call it love

But love don’t feel like a loaded gun

I’m dancing barefoot on broken tiles

Singing through my velvet lies

Bridge (Stripped piano, vocal moment)

Maybe I love the drama

Maybe I love the fall

Maybe I’m addicted to

Feeling nothing at all

But I won’t beg for your mercy

I won’t kneel at your throne

If loving you is royalty

I’d rather rule alone

Final Chorus (Explosive)

So pour me another, I’ll toast to the end

To lovers, to liars, to almost friends

You say I’m crazy — damn right I am

I loved you harder than you ever can

You wrecked me slow, but I survived

I glitter gold when I come alive

No more dancing on broken tiles

I’m done with your velvet lies

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