Velvet Rope

(Ooh… yeah, yeah)

You got that velvet rope around your heart

But I look good on the other side

(Don’t I, baby?)

You love me with your headlights low

Pull up quiet, then steal the whole show

Say you’re fine, but your eyes say more

I don’t knock like I did before

You’re sweet like smoke, hard to hold

Warm one minute, next minute cold

But I learned your seasons, learned your sky

I don’t call every cloud goodbye

(No, no… not this time)

You don’t gotta say it

I can taste it on your kiss

You don’t gotta promise

Just don’t fake what this is

Let the room spin

Let the night breathe

You can move how you move

Just move back to me

Love me from the doorway

I’ll meet you in the hall

You don’t have to give me everything

Just don’t give me nothing at all

We can dance around the feeling

Make the tension look good

You can keep a little mystery

I’ll still love you like I should

(Ooh, love you like I should)

(Come close, don’t run)

(Come close, don’t run)

You wear your silence like a gold chain

Pretty on you, but it drives me insane

I used to pull, now I let it hang

Funny how the quiet still says my name

You leave your perfume in my sheets

Little proof you still think of me

Act so cool when the lights come on

But your body keeps singing our song

(Sing it, baby)

(Mm, don’t lie)

You don’t gotta say it

I can feel it when you stay

You don’t gotta chase me

Just don’t love me halfway

Let the room spin

Let the night breathe

You can move how you move

Just move back to me

Love me from the doorway

I’ll meet you in the hall

You don’t have to give me everything

Just don’t give me nothing at all

We can dance around the feeling

Make the tension look good

You can keep a little mystery

I’ll still love you like I should

(Like I should, like I should)

(Ooh, I know your rhythm now)

I ain’t tryna break your lock

I just wanna know the code

I ain’t tryna stop your waves

I just wanna be your coast

Come and go, ebb and flow

Baby, I can let it ride

Just don’t make me feel alone

When you’re laying by my side

(That’s all I’m saying)

(Mm, come here)

Love me from the doorway

I’ll meet you in the hall

You don’t have to give me everything

Just don’t give me nothing at all

We can dance around the feeling

Make the tension look good

You can keep a little mystery

I’ll still love you like I should

Velvet rope

Velvet touch

You don’t say much

But you say enough

(Say enough, baby)

(Ooh… yeah)

I won’t pull

You don’t run

Meet me somewhere

In the middle of us

(In the middle…)

(Don’t make me wait too long)