[Verse 1]
You came in black lace
To my empty room
Left your name on my teeth
Like a bloom on a tomb
I was barely alive
You made me believe
Now your hand on my chest
Feels like a curse with a ring
[Pre-Chorus]
And I run
Right back
To the edge of your shadow
One touch
And I know
I won’t make it back home
[Chorus]
You are my curse, my cure
My black veil kiss
I fall for you, fall through you
Like this, like this
You are my curse, my cure
Say my name, then leave
(black veil kiss)
I love you like a warning
I bleed, I bleed
[Verse 2]
Hearts in the hallway
Flowers on the floor
Your perfume on my coat
Like a knock at a morgue
Every sweet little lie
Hits my ribs like glass
Still I beg for the wound
If you’re holding my past
[Pre-Chorus]
And I run
Right back
To the edge of your shadow
One touch
And I know
I won’t make it back home
[Chorus]
You are my curse, my cure
My black veil kiss
I fall for you, fall through you
Like this, like this
You are my curse, my cure
Say my name, then leave
(black veil kiss)
I love you like a warning
I bleed, I bleed
[Bridge]
Lay me down
If you stay
If you take my breath away
Let the choir in my head
Sing me under your blade
I can’t tell
Love from pain
When your eyes look like rain
If this is the end, then hold me
Hold me anyway
[Chorus]
You are my curse, my cure
My black veil kiss
I fall for you, fall through you
Like this, like this
You are my curse, my cure
Say my name, then leave
(black veil kiss)
I love you like a warning
I bleed, I bleed
[Outro]
I bleed for you
I bleed, I bleed
Black veil kiss
Black veil kiss