Blue Velvet

Oohh… Ouhh…

Mmhh…

I learned how to disappear

In rooms full of voices and light

I keep my head down,

count the hours Run from questions every night (Mmhh…) They say I’m

quiet, say I’m simple

Say I don’t look people in the eye

But I see everything that matters

I just don’t let it get inside

Then you walked in with broken breath

Bruised knuckles, tired smile

Like you were fighting something

You couldn’t leave outside

Blue velvet on my skin Your hand is shaking,

so is mine

Every secret, every sin Stops breathing in this rag of time (Oohh…)

I don’t know who you promised to

I don’t know what’s true or wrong

All I know is when I touch you Every fear stills

and new hope dawns

“Blue velvet…

Blue velvet…

Oohh…

Mmhh…”

I run the town after midnight

Steel and concrete, lungs on fire

You lift till your body’s empty Trying to outrun the dire (Mmhh…)

We both sleep with the lights on

We both flinch at sudden sounds

Different wars inside our chests Same demons running us down

I thought distance kept me safe Thought control was love’s disguise Then

your name hit me like thunder

In someone else’s voice that night

Shiny facades, borrowed names A gold ring I never chose

A life planned in private rooms Where no one really knows (Mmhh…)

You look at me like I’m real

Like I’m not about to run

And for the first time in ages

I don’t want to come undone

If this is wrong

Don’t let go

If this is fate

Let me know “Oohh…

Mmhh…”

Blue velvet, midnight blue I wear the truth you never said

Every scar I see in you

Fits the shape of what I am

(Mmhh…) No more running through the dark

No more sleeping wide awake

When your hand closes around mine

I don’t feel afraid

Man and woman

Breath and skin

No more secrets Just this feeling

settling

in

Mmhh… Blue velvet… Mmhh… Blue velvet…

“Oohh…

Ouhh… Mmhh…”