Velvet Teeth

[Verse 1]
Black lace on the bedframe
Lip print on my throat
You trace every bad day
Like a saint taking notes
Red wine on your pale tongue
You say “kneel or choke”
Every promise half-sung
Every threat a joke
Breath short
Heart glitch
You twist
Then switch
Say “love’s just a car crash
Pick a side of the ditch”
[Chorus]
You got velvet teeth
On my heavy heart (tear it out)
Bite down slow
‘til the pain’s all art (sing it loud)
You say “bleed for me”
I just beg for more (more, more)
You’re the quiet war
I’ve been praying for
[Verse 2]
You carve little halos
In my sinner skin
Write psalms on the windows
With your cigarette grin
Black nail on the bruise line
You press, I confess
Every guilt that I ghosted
Every twisted caress
Fast tongue
Sharp laugh
You love
My past
Say “heaven is boring
Let it burn out fast”
[Chorus]
You got velvet teeth
On my heavy heart (tear it out)
Bite down slow
‘til the pain’s all art (sing it loud)
You say “bleed for me”
I just beg for more (more, more)
You’re the quiet war
I’ve been praying for
[Bridge]
Drag my name through your perfume
Paint me wrong, make it feel true
If this curse is what we choose
I’ll die nightly worshiping you (yeah)
[Chorus]
You got velvet teeth
On my heavy heart (tear it out)
Bite down slow
‘til the pain’s all art (rip it out)
You say “bleed for me”
I just beg for more (more, more)
You’re the quiet war
I’ve been praying for
[Chorus]
Velvet teeth
In the dark we starve (so devout)
Chew straight through
To the softest part (scream it out)
If love kills slow
Then I’m at your door (on the floor)
You’re the quiet war
I’ve been praying for (praying for)

rap, Dark romantic symphonic power-rap over swung chill-hop groove, deep sub and detuned guitars. Verses: rapid, clipped male vocals over filtered keys and bit-crushed percussion, intimate and close. Choruses explode with screamed top-line, choirs and wide strings, guitars opening into big stereo walls. Sub drops and stutter edits between sections for drama; final hook stacks gang shouts and distant choir for a towering, cinematic finish., romantic, deep, rapid, soaring