RED SCARF
[Verse 1]
It was cold, and I needed one,
bare feet trembling, warmth undone.
Why am I naked in the night’s snare?
I crave the red scarf you left me to wear.
I held it close against my skin,
never asked where it had been.
Anything warm could feel like care
when you’re freezing, standing bare.
[Pre-Chorus]
You said,
“Cover…”
You said,
“Hide…”
I called it love
and stepped inside.
[Chorus]
Red scarf, red scarf,
wrapped around me tight.
You gave me warmth,
then stole my light.
It was cold and I needed one.
You said,“Here cover yourself.”
Red scarf, red scarf,
I wore your gentle lie.
You taught me how to disappear
and called it keeping me alive.
[Verse 2]
You said to cover, hide from sight,
veil my eyes, mute my light.
The scarf, a gift to guard my face,
now binds me in this cold embrace.
I wrap it tight, though it chills my soul,
a silent shield, a fractured whole.
In darkness deep, I still comply,
lost in layers of your gentle lie.
[Pre-Chorus]
You said,
“Don’t look…”
You said,
“Don’t speak…”
Funny how protection
made me weak.
[Chorus]
Red scarf, red scarf,
wrapped around me tight.
You gave me warmth,
then stole my light.
It was cold and I needed one.
You said,“Here cover yourself.”
Red scarf, red scarf,
I wore your gentle lie.
You taught me how to disappear
and called it keeping me alive.
[Bridge — low, building]
Wrap it once—
I called it care.
Wrap it twice—
I stayed right there.
Around my mouth,
around my eyes…
How many knots
before love becomes a lie?
You said the night
would swallow me.
But maybe…
you were scared
that I would see.
[Final Chorus — rising, wounded]
Red scarf, red scarf,
I’m trembling tonight.
Was I ever cold—
or taught to fear the light?
Red scarf, red scarf,
your colour stains my mind.
I thought you came to shelter me…
It was cold and I needed one.
You said,“Here cover yourself.”
You only taught me
how to hide.
[Outro -]
It was cold…
and I needed one.
Bare feet trembling.
Warmth undone.
The scarf still red.
The night still there.
And I…
still wearing
what you left me to wear.
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