Velvet Guillotine

Got a halo made of barbed wire

Sunday smile, but your tongue’s a fire

Kiss like incense, smoke in my lungs

You say “pray,” but you’re biting my tongue

Saint on the sidewalk, sin in your eyes

Cross on your neck, crossed-out alibis

You draw a heart inside the ash on my chest

Whisper “don’t stop” like a wicked caress (yeah)

You’re my velvet guillotine

Cut me slow, make me bleed

Every vow, every scar you read

I fall, I fall, I fall, I’m on my knees

Twist my faith and pull me under

Taste like danger dressed in thunder

If this is wrong, Velvet guillotine, make me a believer (oh)

Candles drip down, red on your skin

You say “confess,” I just let you in

Chasing your shadow up the bedroom wall

You say “come closer” like a curtain call

Nails like sermons on the back of my neck

You bend the rules, I just write the check

Every temptation’s just a prayer in disguise

You take my shame and turn it into a high (hey)

You’re my velvet guillotine

Cut me slow, make me bleed

Every vow, every scar you read

I fall, I fall, I fall, I’m on my knees

Twist my faith and pull me under

Taste like danger dressed in thunder

If this is wrong, Velvet guillotine, make me a believer

Hands up, white flag

You’re the habit that I can’t drag

Every “don’t” turns into “do”

Every “never” breaks for you

You say “stop”

I don’t listen

You say “look”

And my vision

Goes red, goes black

Lose track, relapse

You’re the line I cross

And never take back (woah)

You’re my velvet guillotine

Cut me slow, make me bleed

Every vow, every scar you read

I fall, I fall, I fall, I’m on my knees

Twist my faith and pull me under

Taste like danger dressed in thunder

If this is wrong, Velvet guillotine, make me a believer