[Intro Instrumental piano] [Verse 1] You said your name like a warning Half past shame in the morning Pulled me in like a cigarette light Flickered once, then burned all night You had ghosts in your closet But I danced in your jacket Laughed like it never meant a thing Till I tasted what silence can bring Told me you never meant to stay But you stayed anyway In a love that wore a stolen face We built a dream we couldn’t trace [Pre-Chorus] Truth was trembling on your tongue So we kissed like we were young I know where your silence hides Right behind your— [Chorus] Lover’s alibi Velvet crime behind your eyes You don’t say it, but I know Where your heartbeat goes at night Lover’s alibi Call me ruin dressed in right Let the world believe the lie I’d do it twice to feel alive [Instrumental Section melody] [Verse 2] You wrote the rules in red On a napkin by the bed With lipstick notes like prophecies Of lovers who forget to leave You said, “This world was never kind” But you kissed me out of time With hands that shook and eyes that lied You turned the sheets into your shrine I caught your shadow on my floor Every night you left the door Slightly open, just in case You ever felt too far from grace [Pre-Chorus] Now your secrets wear my skin Do I lose, or do I win? Truth is only true inside Until you need your— [Chorus] Lover’s alibi Velvet crime behind your eyes You don’t say it, but I know Where your heartbeat goes at night Lover’s alibi Call me ruin dressed in right Let the world believe the lie I’d do it twice to feel alive [Bridge Instrumental] [Bridge – soft, intimate vocal, building in defiance] Was I the sin, or the sentence? Was it love, or just penance? You wore me like a headline And I smiled like it was mine I was never in your story But I bled in every line So I’ll sign the final chapter If you promise it’ll rhyme [Final Chorus – dramatic build with layered harmonies] Lover’s alibi Let me be your lullaby Tell the story they’ll believe I’ll be gone before you grieve Lover’s alibi Let them hang me for the crime But I loved you — And that’s the line [Outro – piano + whispered vocal] Tell ‘em it was me, baby… Tell ‘em it was love… or something like it. [End with a full piano melody swell]