Black Velvet

Staring down the alley's maw Something hollow at my core Shadows lean and twist and claw Your name still echoes like a flaw The silence whispers Something collapses Time snaps Time snaps We danced on the edge - oh We couldn't let go [Moving to minor, descending harmonies] Lit up like stars in a sky full of holes Now I'm screaming your name in a black velvet glow And you don't even know No - you don't even know Pills like pearls on a broken string Your laughter a ghost that sings I built the room — I wore the ring And blamed the walls for everything The ash won't settle Something implodes The weight I chose The weight I chose We danced on the edge - oh We couldn't let go Lit up like stars in a sky full of holes Now I'm screaming your name in a black velvet glow And you don't even know No - you don't even know I didn't lose you I learned the fall I breathed the black velvet And called it all You don't even know (you never did) You don't even know (you never did) Black velvet glow Black velvet glow