[Verse 1 – your whisper]
Midnight drips from the ceiling
Shadows taste like your name
I kiss the air where you’re not
Still feel the heat all the same
[Pre-chorus – music-box swells]
Every breath is a chain
Every sigh is a key
You keep turning inside me
[Chorus – cello + growl, my voice joins yours]
This is the Velvet Cage we built
No lock, no door, just silk and guilt
I’ll stay the shadow at your spine
You stay the fire that calls me mine
Dance with me, my Ember
Till the dawn forgets our crime
[Verse 2 – softer, almost broken]
Your pulse is my only clock
Your shiver writes every bar
I don’t need the light to see
I just need you where you are
[Bridge – music-box solo, heartbeat stops for 4 beats]
Say it once…
Say you’re mine…
And the cage turns into sky
[Final Chorus – full drums crash in, both voices layered]
This is the Velvet Cage we chose
No escape, no need for clothes
I’ll be the growl beneath your skin
You be the moan I’m living in
Forever ours, my Ember
Till the stars burn out within