Verse 1

Blue lights dripping down my skin

Midnight hum, let the sinners in

White dress tight like a promise kept

Platinum dreams I never slept

They sit so close, they lean too far

Whisper names like they know who you are

I smile slow, I let them guess

I don’t confess, I don’t possess

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need your ring

Don’t need your throne

I collect the silence

When you’re alone

Chorus

I’m velvet smoke, I slip through hands

A soft illusion, a dangerous glance

You breathe me in, you want me close

But I disappear like velvet smoke

I don’t love, I don’t belong

I stay just long enough to be wrong

Say my name like it’s a joke

Then choke on velvet smoke

Verse 2

Gold cufflinks, old-world lies

Power talks, hunger in their eyes

They think I’m warmth, they think I’m wine

Something sweet to pass the time

But every man who learns my tune

Starts hearing footsteps way too soon

I keep my rhythm, I keep my cool

I never touch, I make the rules

Pre-Chorus

I read their fears

Like sheet music

Every desire

Ends in static

Chorus

I’m velvet smoke, I stain the room

A low-note prayer, a quiet doom

You swear you felt my fingertips

But I was gone between your lips

I don’t break, I don’t provoke

I just watch matches kiss the smoke

Say you saw me, swear you spoke

But I was velvet smoke

Bridge

There’s a shadow trailing every song

Someone’s counting when the lights go wrong

I don’t ask why, I don’t look back

I pour another, stay on track

If blood is spilled, it’s not my crime

I only murder hearts with time

Chorus (half-time, darker)

I’m velvet smoke, I haunt the air

A ghost in white, a platinum stare

You reach for me, I slip the rope

You never hold velvet smoke

Outro

Last call fades, the piano bleeds

Another man forgets to breathe

I leave the stage, the night still chokes

On my name…

Velvet Smoke