[Verse 1] I came home with midnight on my coat Mud on the cuffs, and a thorn in my throat You set the table with a broken white rose And I heard the dark in the way your hand closed Your eyes were a chapel with the doors blown wide I kept my name like a knife inside Every word I sang was a thread in flame Every step back made me call your name [Pre-Chorus: Female Soprano] Lift me higher Past the iron gate Take these scales And make them pray I can feel it In my bones tonight One sharp breath And I’m still alive [Chorus: Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Together] Black velvet teeth Bite the night for me Black velvet teeth Set my shadow free Oh, sing me down Oh, carry me Black velvet teeth Make a saint of me [Verse 2: Baritone] I wore your silence like a second skin Counted my pulse where the cracks went in On the stairwell, a cathedral of stone I found your echo and I took it home [Verse 2: Tenor] Six old steps and a silver refrain My voice went wild like winter rain Then I rose on a wire of holy doubt Split the moon with a yodeling shout [Pre-Chorus: Female Soprano] Lift me higher Past the iron gate Take these scales And make them pray I can feel it In my bones tonight One sharp breath And I’m still alive [Chorus: Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Together] Black velvet teeth Bite the night for me Black velvet teeth Set my shadow free Oh, sing me down Oh, carry me Black velvet teeth Make a saint of me [Bridge: Baritone] And if I fall [Bridge: Tenor] Let the choir stay [Bridge: Female Soprano] Let my last note Burn the gray [Bridge: Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Together] I was made From ache and gold From a tender heart And a mouth of cold [Final Chorus: Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Together] Black velvet teeth Bite the night for me Black velvet teeth Set my shadow free Oh, sing me down Oh, carry me Black velvet teeth Make a saint of me [Outro: Choir] Oh-oh, oh-oh Black velvet teeth Ah-ah, ah-ah Sing through me
