[Intro] [Spoken] Velvet first. [Verse 1] I learned how to be wanted the way a cage teaches a laugh. Eye contact. Warmth in the air. A smile timed like a hook. They like expensive. I made myself expensive. Chocolate on the tongue. Stain on the fingers. [Pre-Chorus] Hand. Door. Price. They took a child and wrote a number. I did not come for the house. I came for you. [Chorus] Velvet, chocolate, nine times I smiled Pretty little snare in a pretty little light Call me sweet, call me sold, call me rare I came back expensive — I didn't come fair Count the tails, count the lies, count the door I am the sugar and I am the war Kiss the stain if you want the taste — I am the fox. I am the wait. [Rap] Number on a child, soft gets in the room Ledger of tails, pretty like a bruise I learned every warm thing they taught me to use Closer, closer — that is the move [Verse 2] I am already in your room. I know what you take. I know what you always take. Revenge stayed small so you could not bargain it into something noble. Chandelier light. Wrong house. The net is not a speech. It is already on the wrist. [Pre-Chorus] Hand. Door. Price. They took a child and wrote a number. I did not come for the house. I came for you — and the net is shut. [Chorus] Velvet, chocolate, nine times I smiled Pretty little snare in a pretty little light Call me sweet, call me sold, call me rare I came back expensive — I didn't come fair Count the tails, count the lies, count the door I am the sugar and I am the war Kiss the stain if you want the taste — I am the fox. I am the wait. [Rap] I do not want your house, I want the hand that priced me Nine lives, nine lies, nine tails, you should have sliced me Soft in the mouth, debt in the teeth, smile on the blade Paid in full looks a lot like the mess that you made You wrote a number. I wrote it back in the dark Pretty little market, pretty little mark Could be the fox. Could be the man who still plays her. I made a sweet thing with a debt in its mouth. Drop the velvet. [Breakdown] Candy shell. Crack. [Chorus] Velvet, chocolate, nine times I smiled Pretty little snare in a pretty little light Call me sweet, call me sold, call me rare I came back expensive — I didn't come fair Count the tails, count the lies, count the door I am the sugar and I am the war Kiss the stain if you want the taste — I am the fox. I am the wait. [Outro] [Spoken] Cage empty. Stain stays.
