Velvet Moonlit Masquerade

The chandeliers are trembling low

As shadows sip the tawny glow

Your velvet mask, my reckless grin

A secret starts to breed within

The room goes still when you step near

Light travel dressed in perfume and fear

I hear the blush of wicked games

And every glance ignites my mind

Dance with me under candlelight

Where every truth is dressed in night

We trade our vows for stolen heat

And let the dangers up the beat

Oh, dance with me, don't ask me why

Tonight we light a fever light

With every turn they come undone

A masquerade for two is one

The upright bass is walking slow

The bruised old organ starts to moan

Your fingertips just graved my hand

Like a match struck in shifting sand

The grass has hushed the velvet smoke

The way you smile like you know the joke

I'm one temptation from the fall

And you're the one who wants it all

Dance with me under candlelight

Where every truth is dressed in night

We trade our vows for stolen heat

And let the danger set the beat

Oh, dance with me

Don't ask me why

Tonight we lie to feel alive

With every turn we come undone

I'll masquerade for two as one

If I reveal what you already know

Will you still stay when the lantern's low?

Or vanish quick behind your mask

Before the dark can start to ask?

I lean in close, you lean in too

There's only one for dead and clue

Was sweetest sin I ever knew

Was dancing on the edge with you

Dance with me under candlelight

Where every truth is dressed tonight

We trade our vows for stolen heat

And let the danger set beat

Oh, dance with me, don't ask me why

Tonight, we lie to feel alive

With every turn, we come undone

A masquerade for two as one

A candle's dim, the secret stays

A lipstick trace, a smoky haze

But when the midnight does begin

I'll wear your name beneath my crown