[Verse 1]
You bring me flowers
Roots still wet with earth
He says he loves me
But his eyes stay on the dirt
Veil full of cobwebs
Heart full of dirt and doubt
You stumble through your vows
Like you're trying to dig your way out
[Pre-Chorus]
I see the living in your shaking hands
A ring that never learned my name
You swear you're here for me
Victor
But you're watching the doorway again
[Chorus]
Paint me in blue
If you choose me
Dress me in dust
If you must
Hold my bones like they’re your future
Swear that this is more than rust
Say my name
Say "Victoria"
Or let me fall back into night
If you won’t die to live beside me
Then you don’t get my afterlife
[Verse 2]
She waits in silence
High glass
Higher stakes
You practice perfect posture
On a promise you might break
My fingers through your jacket
Feel your heartbeat try to run
You’re standing in a graveyard
But your mind is in the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
You call me "darling" like an accident
A story told in borrowed skin
Am I your mercy or your burden
When the living world pulls you in
[Chorus]
Paint me in blue
If you choose me
Dress me in dust
If you must
Hold my bones like they’re your future
Swear that this is more than rust
Say my name
Say "Victoria"
Or let me fall back into night
If you won’t die to live beside me
Then you don’t get my afterlife
[Bridge]
I’m tired of waiting in the in-between (oh)
Hand outstretched to a half-turned dream
If she is your sunrise
Let her rise
Stop tracing goodbyes on the back of my eyes
[Chorus]
Paint me in blue
If you choose me
Dress me in dust
If you must
Hold my bones like they’re your future
Swear that this is more than lust
Say her name
Say "Victoria"
Walk back into the breathing light
I loved you more than my own ending
So I give you back your life
[Outro]
One last dance in the dark
Then go
Your footprints fade in the falling snow
I close my eyes on your retreating light
And sink like a secret
Into the night