Velvet Parade at Midnight

I stitched a name from midnight thread

Pinned my brush, laid to the hem I shed

Hand-made glitter, leather, lace

I learn my pulse by a stranger's face

Every window keeps it close to me

Every step rewrites what they believe

I turn the corner, I don't look back

The city lights are on my track

I walk out new in a handmade costume

Turning the street into a runway of dreams

Old me fading in the rearview moonlight

New me shining in the seas

I wear one memory like gold dust

I wear my dreams

Like a crime

Tonight I become the version I want

And I never let it down

Buttons flashing like a secret code

I paint my future on a borrowed road

Passing the distance, heart beating time

Every old room learns how to rhyme

Every step up is a match to flank

Every shadow learns my chosen name

The pavement trembles under my art

A thousand nights are in my heart

I walk on new in a handmade costume

Turning the street into a runway of dreams

Old me fading in the rearview moonlight

New me shining in the scenes

I wear my memories like gold dust

I wear my dreams like a crown

Tonight I become the version I wanted

And I never let it down

If I was lost, I was learning the map

If I was broke, I was building it back

Now every scar is part of a design

Every fearless mind is mine

I walk out new in a hammock costume

Turning the street into a runway of dreams

The crowd of my doubts falls quiet behind me

As I step into the beam

I wear my memories like gold dust

I wear my dreams like a crown

Tonight I become the version I wanted

Hear me, I'm arriving now

I'm arriving now