
The Velvet Green
A hauntingly defiant track about walking away from toxic manipulation.
📖 Liner Notes & Entstehungsgeschichte lesen
[Verse 1] I came with open hands to the feast You met me with a sudden frost I tried to tame the restless beast You smiled and tallied up the cost I poured the water, smoothed the stone You built a maze to walk alone
[Chorus] You draw the blood and ask why I bleed You dress the poison up as a need You burn the house to warm your hands While the silent choir just sits and stands I see the trick, I see the wire I’m stepping out of your quiet fire
[Verse 2] The hollow men, they nod and sway They buy the peace with what they owe They look the other, safe away Too terrified to stop the show They call me mad for waking up While you slip the venom in the cup
[Chorus] You draw the blood and ask why I bleed You dress the poison up as a need You burn the house to warm your hands While the silent choir just sits and stands I see the trick, I see the wire I’m stepping out of your quiet fire
[Bridge] Now the ghosts that starve you out Hold the secret in my chest I kept the word I wouldn’t shout I let your fragile demons rest I have the knife, I know the skin But I refuse to let it in I will not play the shape you need I will not watch the hunger feed
[Chorus] You draw the blood and ask why I bleed You dress the poison up as a need You burn the house to warm your hands While the silent choir just sits and stands I see the trick, I see the wire I’m stepping out of your quiet fire
[Outro] So keep the table, keep the crown I lay the wooden weapon down I leave the game on the velvet green With the cleanest hands you’ve ever seen I’m walking out into the cold I leave you in the dark you hold
















