[VERSE 1 — CLOSE-MIC FEMALE VOCAL / DEEP SUB-BASS / SPARSE DRUMS / SMOKY KEYS / SINGLE VIOLIN PHRASES / FILTHY ELECTRIC GUITAR ANSWERS] Soft and fancy like velvet, your bare chest pressed into mine. I got excuses this time, but you’re leaving me intertwined. [LOW GUITAR BEND / VIOLIN HOLDS AN UNEASY NOTE] An alibi should be certain and clear— this ain’t nothing like it. There’s desire imprinted everywhere, and every little trace could indict us. [DRUMS THIN / DISTORTED GUITAR SLIDE FAR RIGHT] So I’m thinking I should leave before the morning finds what we tried to hide tonight written all across the crime. [PRE-HOOK LIFT — SUB SWELLS / VIOLINS BEGIN CHROMATIC ASCENT / GUITAR FEEDBACK BLOOMS] [HOOK — WIDER VOCAL / STRINGS OPEN / DIRTY GUITAR STABS / STRANGE UNRESOLVED NOTES BETWEEN LINES] Velvet alibi, why we acting this sly? [VIOLIN CLIMB — DISSONANT SUSPENSION] If the evidence ain’t shy, we too involved to deny. [GUITAR BEND ANSWERS VOCAL / BRIEF SILENCE] Alibi… I look straight into your eyes. I don’t like to pry, but this shit got me asking why... [VIOLINS SWIRL UPWARD / GUITAR HOLDS A FILTHY SUSTAINED NOTE] Velvet alibi... every clue says you were mine. [POST-HOOK — INSTRUMENTAL BREATH / VIOLIN TREMOLO / FEEDBACK TAIL / SUB PULSE] [VERSE 2 — BEAT RETURNS LOWER / GUITAR MORE DISTORTED / VIOLIN PHRASES BECOME RESTLESS] You got me coming back, then erasing my tracks. Your perfume stays on me, and I can barely think. [CHROMATIC GUITAR FIGURE / VIOLIN ANSWER LEFT] If I have you one more time, will things start to crack? I’ll have to evolve— ’cause this is leaving a mark. [DRUMS GROW HEAVIER / BASS PUSHES FORWARD] Every exit gets harder, every story falls apart. We can clean up the scene, but we can’t clean up the heart. [BRIDGE — DRUMS DROP OUT / LOW STRING DRONE / CLOSE VOCAL / GUITAR HUM AND FEEDBACK] Getting charged over you is some crazy work. So I won’t plead innocent, I’ll just tell the truth first. [VIOLIN ENTERS HIGH AND TENSE] No alibi, no pretty justification. If wanting you’s the crime, then fuck the investigation. [DRUMS RETURN SLOWLY / GUITAR DISTORTION BUILDS] I know exactly what I did. I know exactly why. And if they ask me where I was— I was right there by your side, [BEAT CUT / VOCAL ALMOST WHISPERED] still pleading this velvet alibi. [INSTRUMENTAL SWELL — DRAMATIC VIOLINS / FILTHY GUITAR FEEDBACK / NO HUGE DROP] [OUTRO — BEAT HALF-TIME / VOCAL SOFT AND RESIGNED / VIOLIN FLOATS ABOVE DISTORTED GUITAR] Velvet alibi… got me considering time. But I’ll stay one more night and let the evidence testify. [LOW GUITAR SLIDE / VIOLIN FALLS CHROMATICALLY] No need to get the story right, no need to cover what we hide. [FINAL INSTRUMENTS FALL AWAY / ONE VIOLIN NOTE + GUITAR FEEDBACK] Velvet alibi… I’ll let the crime scene decide. [OUTRO TAIL — VIOLIN SUSTAIN / GUITAR FEEDBACK DISSOLVES / SUB FADES]
