Velvet Parade Under Neon Skies

I slip into the handmade light

I stitch by hand tonight

Mirror on the wall can watch me turn the dark to bright

Laces pulled, the seams aligned

I wear the spark I found

Every corner of the city starts to move when I'm around

Footsteps hush, the streetlights lean

I'm the quiet in the neon scene

Every breath says I'm allowed

I don't ask permission from the crowd

I own every step like a secret parade

Turning these sidewalks into something I made

Henley costume, heart on display

I walk like the night was built for my way

I own every step and hold and see

The shining private world is walking with me

No crown, no stage, just a pulse in the air

In the secret parade and I'm already there

Buttons catching moonbeams as I cross the avenue

Painted on my shadow like a story coming true

Electric from the jacket to the rhythm in my chest

I wear my head in thunder like a badge above the rest

If you look too close, you're Mr. Magic Glass

I'm the spark in motion, the blur of peanut glass

One slow turn and the whole block wakes

I was born to glow in the space I take

I own every step like a secret parade

Turning these sidewalks into something I may

Hand-made costume, heart on display

I walk like the night was built for my way

I own every step, let the whole town see

A shining private world is walking with me

No crown, no stage, just a pulse that we hear

One secret boy and I'm already there