Velvet Static

**Title: “Velvet Static”**

(Verse 1)
Your perfume still hangs in the air like a ghost
I’m wearing your hoodie, two sizes too small, but it’s close
Enough to pretend you’re still here
Streetlights flicker, but nothing feels clear
I replay the way you laughed in the dark
Left fingerprints glowing like sparks on my heart

(Pre-Chorus)
We were reckless, yeah, we knew the cost
But losing feels worse than getting lost

(Chorus)
You’re the velvet static on my skin
Every time I breathe you out, you pull me back in
I’m addicted to the ache you left behind
Love me or leave me, baby, just make up your mind
I’d rather burn than watch you fade
You’re the sweetest kind of pain I’ve ever craved

(Verse 2)
Remember that night on the rooftop, rain in our eyes
You said “If we jump, we fall or we fly”
I still taste the thunder on your tongue
We were chaos wrapped in a love song
Now the bed’s too big and the silence is loud
Your shadow’s the only thing keeping me down

(Pre-Chorus)
I don’t want perfect, I just want real
Even if real means I never heal

(Chorus)
You’re the velvet static on my skin
Every time I breathe you out, you pull me back in
I’m addicted to the ache you left behind
Love me or leave me, baby, just make up your mind
I’d rather burn than watch you fade
You’re the sweetest kind of pain I’ve ever craved

(Bridge)
If this is goodbye, then lie to me slow
Kiss me like you mean it, then let me go
Or pull me closer, tear me apart
Either way, you’ve already got my heart

(Final Chorus – stripped back, almost broken)
You’re the velvet static… I can’t shake
Every scar you gave me, I still want you to make
I’m no good at walking away
So ruin me beautifully or beg me to stay
I’d rather burn than watch you fade
You’re the only high I’ll never trade

(Outro)
Yeah… you’re the velvet static
And I’m still caught in it.