[Verse 1]
Red curtain trembling
Dust in the spotlights hangs
Leather and rhinestones
Shining on shaky hands
Backstage mirror cracking
Under this crooked crown
I hear the roar already
Pulling me out
Out
Out
[Chorus]
Smoke and velvet
Heat on my skin
Crowd like thunder
Rolling in
I was born for the burn
Of that blinding glow
Smoke and velvet
I let it all go
[Verse 2]
Lip of the stage now
Hearts beating in my throat
Boot prints and beer stains
Old stories in every note
Your hands are up like matches
Waiting to catch a flame
One breath
One glance
We’re tangled inside the same
[Chorus]
Smoke and velvet
Heat on my skin
Crowd like thunder
Rolling in
I was born for the burn
Of that blinding glow
Smoke and velvet
I let it all go
[Bridge]
[Hammond organ solo over stomping riff]
Neon halo round my head (oh!)
Every shout
Every sigh I fed
If this is the last time I fall
Turn it up
Shake the walls
[Chorus]
Smoke and velvet
Heat on my skin
Crowd like thunder
Rolling in
I was born for the burn
Of that blinding glow
Smoke and velvet
I let it all go
[Chorus]
Smoke and velvet
One more time
Voices rising
With mine
I was born for the burn
And I won’t die slow
Smoke and velvet
I let it all go (yeah)