[Intro] Velvet tax Velvet tax Everybody pays Everybody pays [Verse 1] You walk in and the whole room pays That velvet tax in a hundred ways Heads turn left, then glasses freeze Even the band shifts with the breeze I play it casual, sip my drink Try not to say what I really think But every second you’re in my view Feels expensive in the best way too You got that cool without the act That kind of grace you can’t buy back A little danger, polished clean The sharpest thing I’ve ever seen I should leave it all alone Let the night stay skin and bone But the more I try to look away The more I want you in my space [Pre-Chorus] No alarm, no warning sign Just your orbit crossing mine No escape, no clean attack I’m already paying that velvet tax [Chorus] You got that velvet tax on me Cool, collected, dangerously sweet I lose focus, lose the beat Every time you lean toward me Velvet tax, I gladly pay Just to keep this night in play No regret, no looking back I’m all in on that velvet tax [Post-Chorus] Velvet tax On my mind Velvet tax Every time Velvet tax Hit me fast I’m all in on that velvet tax [Verse 2] Low brass hum and a polished floor You make wanting feel like an art form I should leave, but I stay instead Your silhouette stuck in my head There’s a little laugh under your breath That could ruin what I’ve got left And I mean that like a compliment You’re chaos with good posture in it Everybody’s trying hard tonight To look expensive in the light But you don’t even seem to care That’s exactly why you own the air I keep finding fake excuses To hang around and not lose this One more round, one more song One more way to get this wrong [Pre-Chorus] I know better, still I stay Watching your shadow work the room this way No defense, no counteract I’m already paying that velvet tax [Chorus] You got that velvet tax on me Cool, collected, dangerously sweet I lose focus, lose the beat Every time you lean toward me Velvet tax, I gladly pay Just to keep this night in play No regret, no looking back I’m all in on that velvet tax [Bridge] One more round One more lie That I’m not already hypnotized One more smile One more crack In the armor I pretend I have You don’t chase You don’t ask You just move and the whole room cracks That’s your art That’s your trap That’s your little velvet tax [Breakdown] Velvet tax I feel it now Velvet tax Don’t ask me how Velvet tax Take it all I don’t even want to stall [Final Chorus] You got that velvet tax on me Cool, collected, dangerously sweet I lose focus, lose the beat Every time you lean toward me Velvet tax, I gladly pay Just to keep this night in play No regret, no looking back I’m all in on that velvet tax You got that velvet tax on me Like midnight dressed in luxury I lose language, lose the act Every time you pull me back Velvet tax, I gladly pay For one more hour, one more sway No regret, no looking back I’m all in on that velvet tax [Outro] Velvet tax Velvet tax Everybody pays When you move that way Velvet tax Velvet tax I’m all in I can’t pull back
