[INTRO – WHISPER / CLOSE MICROPHONE / BREATHY] Don’t be afraid of what you want. [VERSE 1 – LOW BARITONE / INTIMATE / MINIMAL INSTRUMENTATION] Midnight trembles on your lips Black lacquer fingertips Trail fire slowly down my spine Like you’ve been rehearsing this for lifetimes Your shadow breathes against my throat A silent vow you never wrote But I can feel it in your teeth That quiet hunger underneath [PRE-CHORUS – BUILDING TENSION / FILTERED GUITARS / SWELLING PADS] Stay… don’t pull away I hear your pulse begin to sway You ache the way the damned all do Like something ancient waking in you [CHORUS – FULL BAND / WIDE STEREO / ANTHEMIC / STACKED HARMONIES] Let me in your velvet vein tonight Feel your teeth where it burns just right No salvation in the way you breathe Just the hunger you give to me Pull me close till the world goes still Where desire bends to a darker will If forever is carved in pain I’ll stay inside your velvet vein [VERSE 2 – MID TEMPO GROOVE / DARK GLAM TONE / CONTROLLED DISTORTION VOCAL] Your painted nails drag slow, precise Down my back like a sacrifice Every mark a vow you leave Every touch says don’t you leave Heat rises but your skin stays cold A perfect merger we both uphold You don’t speak but your body confesses In the way your restraint undresses [PRE-CHORUS 2 – RISING INTENSITY / LAYERED VOCAL ADLIBS] Stay… don’t lose control You feel it deeper than your soul This isn’t love that fades away This is the kind that learns to stay [CHORUS – REPEAT / BIGGER / MORE REVERB / HIGHER ENERGY] Let me in your velvet vein tonight Feel your teeth where it burns just right No salvation in the way you breathe Just the hunger you give to me Pull me close till the world goes still Where desire bends to a darker will If forever is carved in pain I’ll stay inside your velvet vein [BRIDGE – STRIPPED BACK / BASS + VOCAL ONLY / DISTANT ECHO FX] (whisper layers wide L/R) I feel your teeth before they touch… Like a promise you’ve held too long… Say my name like it’s your last breath… Like you’ve needed me all along… (rising emotional tension / reverb swell) This isn’t fleeting… this isn’t flame… This is a hunger that speaks your name… [FINAL CHORUS – KEY CHANGE UP / FULL ORCHESTRAL PAD + CHOIR LAYER] Let me in your velvet vein tonight Let your darkness come alive in mine No more fear, no more disguise Just forever in your eyes Pull me close, let the moment stain Every breath like a sacred pain If eternity feels this way I’ll be yours and I’ll never fade [OUTRO – WHISPER FADE / REVERB TRAIL / ATMOSPHERIC DECAY] You don’t need to fight it… You’ve always belonged to this… To me.
