[Verse 1]
Black veil on the aisle
You walk like a warning
Ink on your mouth
Like a curse at the mourning
I like your cold stare
Your velvet command
You don’t ask for roses
You take what you land
I’m on my knees
In the glow of your gaze
Heart in a cage
In your midnight maze
You say, “Come closer”
I lose my name
I was made for the fire
You bring the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me again
Say it like prayer
I want the dark
I want you there
No sweet little lie
Just teeth and grace
Pull me under
Put me in place
[Chorus]
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
Black lace love
Got me bound, got me bound
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
I’m yours tonight
I don’t make a sound
[Verse 2]
Lipstick like blood
On a bible page
You smile like sin
With a saint’s front stage
I love that edge
That haunted glow
You make my hunger
Move real slow
Your boots hit the floor
Like a drum in my chest
One look from you
And I forget the rest
I crave that pull
That dangerous pull
When you say my name
My mind goes full
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me again
Say it like prayer
I want the dark
I want you there
No sweet little lie
Just teeth and grace
Pull me under
Put me in place
[Chorus]
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
Black lace love
Got me bound, got me bound
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
I’m yours tonight
I don’t make a sound
[Verse 3]
Book on the bed
With the pages bent
Underlined lines
And a love unspent
You like your men
With a broken pride
I like the way
You cut that tie
I’m not scared
Of the storm you wear
I want your shadow
I want your stare
If you call me weak
I’ll wear it proud
I’ll kneel for your kiss
In the blacked-out crowd
[Bridge]
Oh, let me be your loyal ghost
Let me haunt what you love most
If you want a vow, I’ll say it right
In the chapel smoke of this blacked-out night
Oh, take my pulse
Take my breath
Teach me devotion
Teach me depth
[Verse 4]
Close to your skin
I hear the thunder
Every soft touch
Pulls me under
You’re my dark romance
My blade, my bloom
The moon on your throat
The room goes doomed
So if you say “stay”
I stay too long
If you say “kneel”
I come undone
No saint, no shame
Just you and me
A locked-door love
And a begging key
[Chorus]
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
Black lace love
Got me bound, got me bound
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
I’m yours tonight
I don’t make a sound
[Outro]
Mommy, take me down
Mommy, take me down
Black lace love
Got me bound, got me bound