Velvet Lies

Verse 1]

You say you love me in a careless tone

Like I should be grateful you even phone

I laugh it off, but it cuts like chrome

I’ve been sleepin’ next to ghosts alone

You leave your hoodie, like you know I’ll care

I wear it like it’s armor, not despair

I text you “where you at?” and you say “there”

Like that’s a place I should be fine to share

You never lied with your mouth

But your silence screamed so loud

I was lookin’ for forever

In a man who dipped for now

Your love felt like velvet lies

Soft to touch, but sharp in time

You kissed me slow, then bled me dry

I danced in your half-light

Velvet lies

Yeah, you dressed me up in dreams

But they unraveled at the seams

Told me things you didn’t mean

And I believed…

Your velvet lies

You said I’m “too much,” but you stayed close

Like fire don’t burn what it loves the most

I gave you verses, you gave me posts

Now I write you out in every ghost

I water plants you never saw grow

I sing to wounds that you won’t know

You liked me quiet, soft and low

But I got storms that need to show

You never said you’d stay

But you let me hope that way

Now I replay all your touches

Like a song I can’t erase

Your love felt like velvet lies

Soft to touch, but sharp in time

You kissed me slow, then bled me dry

I danced in your half-light

Velvet lies

Yeah, you dressed me up in dreams

But they unraveled at the seams

Told me things you didn’t mean

And I believed…

Your velvet lies

You were a poem I couldn’t rewrite

A warning sign I painted in light

I ain’t mad, just tired tonight

Of fallin’ for love that won’t fight

Velvet lies…

Mmm, velvet lies…

I let you love me in disguise…

Now I see clear through velvet lies