“Teeth Under Velvet”

Title: “Teeth Under Velvet” Verse 1 You walk in slow like a beautiful threat Wet black stare and a cigarette Mouth full of sugar, hands full of sin You don’t say much, you just pull me in Red light dripping off your thighs Whole room drowning in your eyes You wear bad news like a second skin And I know damn well what kind of night this is Pre-Chorus You got that hush-hush, cut-throat sway Make a good man wanna misbehave Little death in the way you move Like a long hard drag I don’t refuse Chorus Put your teeth under velvet, baby, bite down slow Talk that filthy in my ear like a sinner at a show You’re all high-heeled danger with a backseat glow Little smoke, little sweat, little nowhere left to go Yeah you grind like revenge, like a hit, like a curse Like heaven got mean and put you in that skirt And every time you say “stop,” your body says “don’t” So I keep going deeper in the dark where we won’t Verse 2 You taste like trouble and expensive lies Cheap motel heat and expensive eyes You lean in close like a blade half-drawn Turn me all the way up, then leave me half gone Your nails write spells across my back Pretty little menace dressed in black You make ruined look so damn clean Like the dirtiest prayer I’ve ever seen Pre-Chorus You got that low-bass, slow-burn ache That one more touch could split me straight Saints don’t move the way you do You make bad feel almost true Chorus Put your teeth under velvet, baby, bite down slow Talk that filthy in my ear like a sinner at a show You’re all high-heeled danger with a backseat glow Little smoke, little sweat, little nowhere left to go Yeah you grind like revenge, like a hit, like a curse Like heaven got mean and put you in that skirt And every time you say “stop,” your body says “don’t” So I keep going deeper in the dark where we won’t Post-Chorus Slow hands, black lace, bad angle Heart race, glass shake, both tangled You got that come-close, wreck-me grin Like you already know you’re getting in Bridge You make a dark room feel like church Make pain feel good, make lust feel worse Put your mouth on the edge of my name Then smile like a queen when you light the flame No halo left, just heat and static Your love’s cinematic, savage, addict You don’t seduce, you detonate And I show up early just to watch you wreck the place Final Chorus Put your teeth under velvet, baby, bite down slow Drag that midnight all across me till there’s nowhere cold You’re a black-out angel with a motel soul Whole lotta sin in a body built for losing control Yeah you move like revenge in a four-inch fall Like the kind of bad decision I would make every call And every time you say “leave,” your eyes say “won’t” So I keep getting lower in the dark where we don’t Outro Lipstick smear Neon sweat One more bad idea I ain’t done yet