Bound in Velvet

(Verse 1 – low, whispered, taunting over plucky keys + distant pads)

You were scrolling pages in the dark,

Chasing shadows on your screen,

Pretty girl with pretty scars,

Dreaming up the beast you’d never meet.

I watched you bite your lip at the knife scenes,

The masks, the chains, the sweet surrender—

Thought it was just fiction, safe and clean…

Till I stepped out the screen and took you under.

(Pre-Chorus – tension rising, pulsing synth bass kicks in)

You screamed my name like a curse at first,

Hated the way your pulse betrayed you.

But nights got long, and walls got thin,

And hate started tasting like something true.

(Chorus – stacks harmonies, saturated bass drop, sharp syncopated claps, danceable but tense groove)

Now you’re mine in the velvet dark,

Stockholm sweet, you wear my mark.

Knife on your throat, you call it love,

Beg for the blade when the feeling’s rough.

You used to fight, now you lean in close,

Whisper “don’t stop” when the jealousy grows.

I’m your villain, your god, your cage,

And baby, you love it—turn the page.

(Verse 2 – still low, more possessive, teasing edge)

You liked the stories where the girl breaks,

Where the monster wins and she stays.

I gave you the real thing, no escape,

No happy end, just endless haze.

Jealous of the books you used to read,

So I burn ‘em slow while you watch me.

Touch you with gloves, cold steel tease,

You shiver, say “please”—that’s my favorite key.

(Pre-Chorus – building again)

You cried for freedom once, I remember,

Now you cry when I step away.

Twisted little heart, you surrendered,

To the mask, the game we play.

(Chorus – bigger this time, layered vocals)

Now you’re mine in the velvet dark,

Stockholm sweet, you wear my mark.

Knife on your throat, you call it love,

Beg for the blade when the feeling’s rough.

You used to fight, now you lean in close,

Whisper “don’t stop” when the jealousy grows.

I’m your villain, your god, your cage,

And baby, you love it—turn the page.

(Bridge – strips back: just vocal + sub-bass swells + filtered percussion, intimate and eerie)

(soft, almost spoken-sung)

Tell me you hate me… say it again.

Louder, baby, make it pretend.

But your eyes give you away every time—

You’re addicted to the crime.

(beat drops out almost completely)

I own the fear, I own the thrill…

And now you own nothing but me still.

(Final Chorus / Outro – slams back hard, distorted backing chants echoing “mine… mine… mine…”)

Now you’re mine in the velvet dark!

(Stockholm sweet, Stockholm sweet)

You wear my mark, you wear my mark!

Knife on your throat, you call it love!

(Beg for it, beg for it)

I’m your villain, your god, your cage—

And you love it… you fucking love it.

Turn the page… stay.

( fading chants: mine… mine… forever mine…)