Velvet Bind — FlowTiva

Intro

You taste like calm before the bruise, (mm)
I lean in anyway.

Verse 1

You keep the keys to doors I should leave,
You say I'm safe, if I don't breathe,
You pull me close, then count my sins,
I call it love, you call it wins,
My friends go quiet when you ring,
I learn the rules, you change the thing,
I pack a bag, you hide the light,
And I still say we'll be alright.

Pre-Chorus

How do I leave a house you staged?
My name's on walls that you repainted,
I taste the air and it tastes aged,
But every step is already chained tight.

Chorus

I keep drinking what you pour for me,
Call it cure, while it burns my throat,
Every goodbye we make folds back to sorry,
You say I'm yours, I nod like rope (right here),
I tell the mirror I can go,
THEN I CAN'T LET GO, NOT OF YOU.

Verse 2

I cancel plans; you call it proof,
You crack a joke, I lose the truth,
You buy the flowers for my doubt,
And wear the blame till lights go out,
I draw a map, you bend the street,
I swear I'm done, then feel your heat,
You sleep like peace against my ribs,
And I forgive the thing that never gives.

Pre-Chorus

My phone lights up, my spine sits down,
I hear your name inside the town,
I dress in no, arrive in yes,
And wear the bruise like Sunday best.

Chorus

I keep drinking what you pour for me (don't go),
Call it cure, while it burns my throat,
Every goodbye we make folds back to sorry,
You say I'm yours, I nod like rope,
I tell the mirror I can go,
I CAN'T LET GO, NOT OF YOU. (yeah)

Bridge

I count the stairs from bed to door,
Three sighs, a laugh, a little war,
I hold my breath to hear my name,
It comes like smoke, but I'm the flame,
If loving you keeps swallowing me whole,
Why does the ash still taste like home?

Outro

I keep the glass; you keep the ring,
We call it love and clip its wings,
Turn off the lamp, leave on the need,
I say goodnight, and stay to bleed tonight. (hush)