Midnight Velvet and Candle Smoke

Under neon cobwebs

I'm slipping through the haze

A velvet little sinner

In the city's haunted blaze

Your smile is a candle

In a room of blackened glass

And every step we take makes the restless midnight pass

Come a little closer, let the danger take its seat

Hear the alley seabird start to purr beneath our feet

We dance through the haunted city

Where wild hearts go to hide

To moonlit secrets in our pockets

And the aftertaste of pride

Adult temptations whisper

Like a perfume in the dark

And we keep on moving softly

Braveyards glow and spark

There's a dealer in a doorway

With a laugh like broken bells

And a queen with crimson lipstick

Keeping midnight's little spells

I know the rules are fragile

But the night is hard to tame

So we trade our careful warnings for a warmer, sweeter flame

Come a little closer, let the danger take its seat

Hear the alley's secrets start to purr beneath our feet

We dance through the haunted city

Where the wild hearts go to hide

It's moonlit secrets in our pockets

And the aftertaste of pride

Well, temptations whisper

Like a perfume in the dark

And we keep on moving softly

While the graveyards glow and spark

When the clock strikes trouble

I don't run, I lean in near

Let the ghosts keep their opinions

Let the night be what we hear

If I mourn as a witness

Then it knows what we became

Two bright matches in the ruin

Burning slowly

All the same

We danced through the haunted city

Where the wild hearts bow to hide

It's noon with secrets in our pockets

And they ask to taste the pride

Little temptations whisper

Like a perfume in the dark

And we keep on moving softly

Wave yards glow and spark

So take my hand, my midnight friend

And let the shadows play

In this haunted little heaven

We can lose ourselves tonight