My Velvet Poison

I’ve been watching you pretend

Like my words don’t reach your skin

You smile politely, look away

But I see the way your breathing betrays

Every time I say your name

You think it's just a game I play

But I’ve been serious

Since the first time you walked through that door

And I’ve been losing sleep

Trying not to want you more

I know I shouldn’t feel this way

But you’re the song I can't stop playing

Every look, every move you make

I’m memorizing, I’m forsaking

Everything I thought I know

You’re my velvet poison in the night

Sweet and dangerous, wrong and right

I’m running out of patience, losing control

One more word from those lips

And I’m forgetting every rule I know

You’re driving me mad

And I don’t want the cure

Just one more taste

Of whatever you are

You sang about belonging last night

Voice like whiskey in the dark

Every lyric like a confession

Every note left its mark

I wanted to break down the door

Show you exactly what you do to me

But I held back, barely breathing

Watching you through steam and secrecy

Your heart was pounding-I could see it

The way mine beats only for you

I’m not supposed to cross this line

But you’re the truth I keep repeating

In every silence, every stolen time

My restraint is slowly breaking

And I don’t care anymore

You’re my velvet poison in the night

Sweet and dangerous, wrong and right

I’m running out of patience, losing control

One more word from those lips

And I’m forgetting every rule I know

You’re driving me mad

And I don’t want the cure

Just one more taste

Of whatever you are

You whispered “I’m yours” like a prayer

And something in me shattered clean

All the waiting, all the careful distance

Gone the moment you looked at me

Like I was the only one who mattered

I’m your distruction, your dangerous king

The mark beneath your skin

And you’re my beautiful ruin

The war I’ll always choose to win

You’re my velvet poison, sinking deep

Into every thought, stealing sleep

I’m done pretending, done holding back

You sang those secrets in the dark

Now I’m claiming every word, every track

You’re mine now

And I’m never letting go

Sweet dreams, my little poison

You’re all I’ll ever know

No more walls between

Just velvet poison

And the truth we’ve always been