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Black Silk Step

[Verse 1] You came in on a black silk step Ash on your cuffs, gold on your teeth Spun me once with a crooked smile And the room went thin around your knees You said my name like a razor prayer Like you knew the bruise I kept I held your hand in the candle smoke And the wax ran down like shame [Pre-Chorus] Three slow turns And I’m undone Your shadow laughs Before your tongue does [Chorus] Dance, demon, dance Round my heart Dance, demon, dance Tear me apart Hold me close Then let me fall Dance, demon, dance You own it all (dance, demon, dance) [Verse 2] You wore a ring made of old bone charm And smelled like rain on a burned-down fence Every lie came soft as velvet Every promise had a sharpened edge I should’ve run when you bowed to me Should’ve left when the bells rang wrong But your fingertips drew a circle And my will got lost in song [Pre-Chorus] Three slow turns And I’m undone Your shadow laughs Before your tongue does [Chorus] Dance, demon, dance Round my heart Dance, demon, dance Tear me apart Hold me close Then let me fall Dance, demon, dance You own it all (dance, demon, dance) [Bridge] Now the floorboards know your name Now the saints keep their distance I’m not praying for a rescue I’m just learning your resistance If the moon comes low tonight Let it catch us in the spin I was born for a little ruin And you were made to pull me in [Final Chorus] Dance, demon, dance Round my heart Dance, demon, dance Tear me apart Hold me close Then let me fall Dance, demon, dance You own it all (dance, demon, dance) Dance, demon, dance Till the smoke is gone Dance, demon, dance Till the dawn comes on Hold me close Then let me fall Dance, demon, dance You own it all (dance, demon, dance)