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You spoke like silk— but I heard the blade. Smiled like a saint with sins well-paid. You carved your name in candlelight, bled me slow then kissed goodnight. You looked like home, you felt like pain. A velvet knife in love’s own name.
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You speak like silk But I hear the blade Smile like a saint With sins that never fade You pour your lies like perfume I breathe you in too deep Now every word you whisper Is a secret I can’t keep I knew what you were But I dressed it in red Laid down like a prayer And called it love instead You cut me soft with a velvet knife Carved your name into my night Bled like roses, lips on glass A kiss so sharp it couldn’t last You looked like home, felt like pain Held me close with a hurricane You killed me sweet, said it was right— Left me bleeding in candlelight I wore your danger like a dress Spun in it ‘til I fell Said your love was like a secret Only angels wouldn’t tell You held me like a riddle Solved me just to break Lit a match beneath my ribs And watched my body ache I knew what you were But I dressed it in red Laid down like a prayer And called it love instead You cut me soft with a velvet knife Carved your name into my night Bled like roses, lips on glass A kiss so sharp it couldn’t last You looked like home, felt like pain Held me close with a hurricane You killed me sweet, said it was right— Left me bleeding in candlelight Your love was art Signed in blood Hung in silence Above the flood I called it beautiful Even as I drowned You never said a word Just smiled and let me down You cut me soft with a velvet knife Carved your name into my night Bled like roses, lips on glass A kiss so sharp it couldn’t last You looked like home, felt like pain Held me close with a hurricane You killed me sweet, said it was right— Left me bleeding in candlelight
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