[Verse 1 - Female]
Lipstick on your cigarette
sweet stain on a bad habit
Hands map every wrong turn
say my name like you’ll confess it
Halo on the dresser
thrown beside your t-shirt
You pray into my collarbone
dig your nails in like it hurts
[Verse 1 - Male]
Tongue like a curse
hips like a sermon
You twist in the dark
make a grave feel certain
Sweat on the bible
pages start to curl
You’re reading me backwards
unlearning the world
[Pre-Chorus - Both]
Teeth in the silence
breath on the wire
Are we holy for a second
when we’re crawling through the fire?
[Chorus - Both]
You’re my velvet sin, my venom
drag me deeper, don’t let go (don’t let go)
Every promise tastes like heaven
on a dirty, bleeding throat
If this is love, it’s loaded
pull the trigger, say my name (say my name)
I want your lust, unspoken
every saint washed out in shame
[Verse 2 - Female (rap)]
Hands on my hips like an altar (hey)
Body like a threat in a halter
You say “slow down,” I go farther
breath on your neck, I’m the father
of the lies that you love in the late night
Kiss marks bloom where the light dies
You want pure? I’m the rewrite
black lace gospel in your closed eyes
[Verse 2 - Male]
I’m the ache in your Sunday
torn dress in the driveway
Footprints on the wet paint
heartbeats in the ashtray
Every dirty little prayer
spelled out on your spine
You call it wrong, I call it
finally feeling alive
[Bridge - Both]
[Beat drops to half-time, guitars cut, sub-bass swells]
Whose skin
are we wearing?
Whose rules
are we tearing?
If love is clean
then why this flood?
If sin is red
why crave the blood? (oh)
[Chorus - Both]
You’re my velvet sin, my venom
drag me deeper, don’t let go (don’t let go)
Every promise tastes like heaven
on a dirty, bleeding throat
If this is love, it’s loaded
pull the trigger, say my name (say my name)
I want your lust, unspoken
every saint washed out in shame
[Outro - Male + Female]
Bite down, break the halo
let it crack between our teeth
If hell is just your shadow
I’ll meet you underneath (underneath)