Velvet Discipline

(slick bassline / low synth pulse / subtle strings)

Mm.

There you are.

You look at me like curiosity

Like danger dressed in tailored black

Tilt your chin like you don’t know better

But darling…

You always come back

I was built from quiet patience

Measured breath and sharpened grace

Learned how not to reach for wanting

Now look at you

Standing in its place

One slow step

Then another

You move like this is your decision

Cute.

Velvet discipline

I don’t have to pull you closer

You lean in

Like your body knows the difference

Between temptation and a sin

I could ruin you politely

Leave obsession at your door

Make you swear you wanted nothing

Then come back asking for more

I have stood beside destruction

Calm enough to call it fate

Held my tongue through lesser cravings

I can wait

And wait

And wait

But your hands are a bad religion

Your smile is beautifully obscene

And every inch of practiced discipline

Looks better when it’s breaking clean

Say my name

Like you’ve rehearsed it

Velvet discipline

I don’t need to drag you under

You dive in

With that look that says you know exactly

What kind of trouble this has been

I could haunt you elegantly

Leave my echo in your sheets

Turn your pulse into a metronome

That only stutters close to me

I don’t burn out of control.

I don’t chase.

I don’t beg.

I simply become unforgettable.

Velvet discipline

Now your breathing’s keeping perfect time with mine

Tell yourself this isn’t hunger

Tell your hands they’re doing fine

I could ruin you beautifully

Without ever raising my voice

And if you still step closer after that

Well.

At least you made the choice.

(breath against mic)

Good choice.