Velvet Shadows Lryics

[Intro ] (Whispers over ambient keys) You ever love someone like a vice? You know it ain’t right, but it hit too nice. Yeah... this that velvet feel. Smooth 'til it cut you. [Verse 1 ] She slide like satin in a Cadillac seat Hips talk slick, got my soul on repeat Her eyes say “go,” but her past say “freeze” She love like New Orleans—sweet heat, no peace Champagne kiss, got me leanin’ off balance Drip like Basquiat, bad with talent Whispers in code, playin' mental gymnastics But I read her vibes like hood hieroglyphics [Pre-Chorus ] She the type to ghost ya mid-bless up Still got my name saved under "pressure" She ain't never text back when I called fate But she be outside when the moon get late [Chorus] We just velvet shadows in a cloud of game Drippin’ in the dark, can’t remember her name She talk in riddles, I decode the slang Love me like a lick, but I roll like a gang We ain't angels, baby, we too flawed She pop off prayers, but she sin too hard Yeah, we velvet shadows… Tryna own the night [Verse 2 ] She flip pain like she flippin' packs Smile be holy, but her vibe got cracks She said love don’t pay, but lust got checks So she cashin' in feels like a stimulus flex That body a sermon, that mind a trap She bless the room, then double back I been baptized in her silence Now I speak fluent in sirens [Pre-Chorus ] She the reason I stay up thinkin’ A whole thesis in the way she drinkin’ No closure, just cold shoulders But I still pull up like I’m owed her [Chorus] We just velvet shadows in a cloud of game Drippin’ in the dark, can’t remember her name She talk in riddles, I decode the slang Love me like a lick, but I roll like a gang We ain't angels, baby, we too flawed She pop off prayers, but she sin too hard Yeah, we velvet shadows… Tryna own the night [Bridge] We ain't fallin’, we flyin’ low She got pain on deck like a winter coat Say she done, but that body know She hit me with silence, I call that growth She cookin’ karma in a slow burn I came back ‘cause I never learn This ain't love, it's a plotted heist We got heart, but we pay in vice [Breakdown] (Minimal, spacey) She velvet on skin, but razor beneath I play with fire just to feel the heat She don’t need me, but she want that peace I’m her chaos, she my release [Final Chorus] We just velvet shadows with a crown of smoke Told her "ride or die," now we both went broke She hit different like a Sunday prayer But she ghost me like I was never there We ain't angels, we just play divine Her lips say run, but her grip say mine Yeah, we velvet shadows… 'Cause love don’t come with light