Velvet Wounds (@dhow77)

[Verse 1] Trace the scars you left like constellations on my skin Every bruise a constellation pulling me back in Your whispers cut like razors wrapped in silk and sin I’m drowning in the sweetness of the state I’m in Bite down harder, make it last Paint me crimson, hold me fast This addiction tastes like glass Beautiful when it shatters at last [Pre-Chorus] I know I should be running But I’m crawling back for more The way you break me open Is what I’m living for [Chorus] These velvet wounds, they bloom beneath my ribs A garden made of everything you did The softer that you hurt me, the deeper that I fall These velvet wounds, I’m addicted to them all Tear me apart with your tender hands I’ll bleed forever if that’s your plan [Verse 2] Your love’s a poison laced with honey on my tongue A lullaby of violence in a language never sung You carve your name in places where the light has never come And I’m begging for the damage — yeah, I’m perfectly undone Choke me with your gentleness Drown me in your cruel caress This beautiful catastrophe Is the only place I’m free [Pre-Chorus] I know I should be running But I’m crawling back for more The way you break me open Is what I’m living for [Chorus] These velvet wounds, they bloom beneath my ribs A garden made of everything you did The softer that you hurt me, the deeper that I fall These velvet wounds, I’m addicted to them all Tear me apart with your tender hands I’ll bleed forever if that’s your plan [Bridge] Stitch me up just to rip me open Every scar is a word unspoken I’m your canvas, your masterpiece of pain Do it again — do it again — do it again I CRAVE THE ACHE THE SWEET MISTAKE THE WAY YOU MAKE ME BREAK THERE’S BEAUTY IN THE WRECKAGE THAT WE MAKE! [Final Chorus] These velvet wounds, they bloom beneath my ribs A garden made of everything you did The softer that you hurt me, the deeper that I fall These velvet wounds, I’m addicted to them all Tear me apart with your tender hands I’ll bleed forever — that’s your plan [Outro] Wrap me in your violence like a second skin The sweetest kind of suffering Let the bleeding begin