Velvet on the Abyss

(Verse 1) You don't arrive like thunder You don't kick down the door You move in through the silence Like you've been here before A shadow in the water A mouth that doesn't speak You pull me by the ribcage To the place beneath my feet (Pre-Chorus) You never tell me plainly You never show your hands You only leave me symbols I almost understand (Chorus) You're velvet on the abyss A kiss with a blade inside The hush before the answer The moon that drowns the sky You don't ask for devotion You don't beg to be believed You just wait behind the veil Till there's nothing left but me (Verse 2) I feel you in the dreaming In the fever and the flood In every holy fracture In the memory of blood You wear a crown of maybe A throne of hidden doors And every time I reach you I disappear some more (Pre-Chorus) I want you close as breath is I fear what you might show You hold the kind of knowing No righteous mind can own (Chorus) You're velvet on the abyss A hymn I cannot name The dark between the heartbeats The cool inside the flame You don't ask for surrender You don't tear away the skin You just open up the silence And let the underworld in (Bridge) Are you mercy? Are you warning? Are you longing With no face? Are you mine, or am I falling Into some more ancient place? I could call it intuition I could call it fate or fear But every road I take away from you Just bends and brings me here (Final Chorus) You're velvet on the abyss The beautiful unknown The truth before it hardens The place that feels like home You don't promise I'll survive you You don't promise I'll be whole You just stand behind the silence And read me like a soul (Outro) Stay hidden Stay near I hear you I hear—