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A Secret Wrapped in Velvet

The cave of a thousand flowers With scents of gold and rain It blooms in hidden hours Beyond the reach of pain Its gates are soft and silent Its walls are dusk and flame Each breath becomes a siren Each step forgets its name (forgets its name) [CHORUS] They search, they burn, they shiver (they shiver) Through shadows, smoke, and light (and light) Drawn close by scent and sliver (scent and sliver) The echo of the night (the night) A secret wrapped in velvet (in velvet) A hush beneath the skin (the skin) The cave of a thousand flowers (thousand flowers) Where all the dreams begin (begin) [VERSE 2] They come with hands like water With eyes that glow and plead They move like lambs to altar But burn with primal greed No map will draw the spiral No key will fit the gate Desire becomes the cycle And wonder turns to fate (turns to fate) [CHORUS] They search, they burn, they shiver (they shiver) Through shadows, smoke, and light (and light) Drawn close by scent and sliver (scent and sliver) The echo of the night (the night) A secret wrapped in velvet (in velvet) A hush beneath the skin (the skin) The cave of a thousand flowers (thousand flowers) Where all the dreams begin (begin) [VERSE 3] Not all who knock may enter Not all who touch will see She turns from those who center Themselves in vanity But those who move with silence With wonder, not with pride May find the heart that opens And feel the world inside (world