Black Velvet Bruise

You kiss like a promise

You lie like a prayer

Ash on the bedside

Red dress on a chair

You trace every weakness

Like you wrote my skin

Say “this is the last time”

Then pull me back in

You’re my black velvet bruise

Soft on the surface

Burning through

I keep choosing you to lose

Cut me and call it romance

Hold me tighter

Watch me bend

If this is love

Let it end

But I still crawl back to the dance

Of hurt love and dark romance

You talk like a verdict

Sweet

Then you swing

Turn all my secrets

Into a bright ring

I draw a hard border

You cross it for sport

You ruin my makeup

Then ask for support (oh)

You’re my black velvet bruise

Soft on the surface

Burning through

I keep choosing you to lose

Cut me and call it romance

Hold me tighter

Watch me bend

If this is love

Let it end

But I still crawl back to the dance

Of hurt love and dark romance

You say I’m addicted

Maybe that’s true

I keep lighting matches

Just to see you

One day I’ll go silent

Ghost out of frame

Till then I keep tasting

Your hurricane name

You’re my black velvet bruise

Soft on the surface

Burning through

I keep choosing you to lose

Cut me and call it romance

Hold me tighter

Watch me bend

If this is love

Let it end

Still I step back into the trance

Hurt love and dark romance