Velvet Rust By Blackthorn Riot

Song By Blackthorn Riot Lyrics rising like thunder from Dorian Blackthorn & Rikki Morningstar [Intro] [Soft vinyl crackle] [Clean guitar humming softly in the dark] [A trembling violin barely holding itself together] Some nights stay inside me longer than they should. Not because they were beautiful. Just because I felt too much all at once. [Slow drum pulse] [Verse 1] I sat by the motel window for what felt like hours Watching rain smear the city lights into long blurred lines Everything outside looked tired Like the whole street had given up pretending to be alive [Soft violin accent] Your jacket was still hanging over the chair beside me Cold from outside, carrying smoke and damp night air There were two coffees going cold near the television And I honestly couldn’t remember when we made them I kept rubbing my hands together to stay awake Trying not to think too hard about anything [Distorted guitar slowly breathing in] [Pre-Chorus] Nobody tells you how exhausting sadness becomes after a while Not dramatic Not loud Just sitting quietly inside your body every day [Violins slowly swelling] [Chorus] Velvet rust That’s the only way I know how to describe these memories now Soft around the edges But still hurting when I touch them [Massive drums crash] [Violins soaring through distortion] Velvet rust Rain sliding slowly down motel windows Me trying to hold onto moments That were already disappearing while I lived them [Verse 2] Around midnight we started walking without really deciding where to go Past liquor stores and flickering signs Rainwater shining beneath traffic lights Everything reflecting in broken colors across the sidewalk [Fast emotional violin strikes] You asked me if I thought people ever stayed the same Or if life slowly rearranged them into strangers I remember going quiet after that Because I’d already been feeling parts of myself disappear for months A bus rushed past and soaked the curb beside us But neither of us moved much We just kept walking [Heavy grunge riff slowly building] [Pre-Chorus] I think losing yourself happens so slowly You barely notice it at first Until one day something feels different inside you And you can’t remember when it changed [Violins rising emotionally] [Chorus] Velvet rust Sleepless rooms and voices after midnight People speaking carefully Like honesty might break them open too fast [Gang harmonies layered softly] [Violins colliding with distorted guitars] Velvet rust Streetlights shaking in rain-covered pavement Me trying to keep certain feelings alive Even after they stopped feeling like mine [Bridge] [Everything softens] [Clean melancholic guitar] [A lonely violin melody trembling quietly] Right before sunrise The rain finally stopped The whole city looked washed out afterward Like all the warmth had drained from it overnight You fell asleep beside the window eventually Still wearing half your clothes Too exhausted to make it to the bed And I remember sitting there watching traffic return outside Thinking about how temporary people really are [Soft whispered backing vocals] “Temporary…” [Build-Up] [Feedback slowly building] [Violins becoming larger and more emotional] [Drums intensifying naturally] Maybe memories don’t leave because they mattered more Maybe they stay because some part of us never healed properly Maybe certain nights keep following me Because that was the first time I realized How lonely people can be sitting right beside each other [Final Chorus] Velvet rust Still living somewhere inside my chest Like those nights carved themselves into me Without asking permission first [Massive emotional drums] [Violins soaring dramatically] Velvet rust Morning light through faded motel curtains Two exhausted people still awake Still trying to feel understood by somebody And for a little while I think we actually did [Outro] [Rain ambience slowly returns] [Distorted guitars fading into static] [One final trembling violin note] “I still think about that night sometimes…” [Static dissolves into silence]