Velvet Tears on a Marble Heart

[Verse 1] I keep my sorrow polished, laid in velvet-lined display Smile for every camera, but the sparkle chips away You carved your name in marble that I swore would never crack Now the fissures form a map leading to the love we lack [Pre-Chorus – strings enter, vocals swell] I breathe in, I breathe out—still your shadow fills my lungs I speak soft, I speak loud—but the echo comes undone [Chorus – full orchestra, high belt] Velvet tears on a marble heart, falling slow in the dark Every drop is a memory breaking, every stain is a spark I try to hold the pieces, but they slip right through my hands Velvet tears on a marble heart—love’s most fragile reprimand [Verse 2] Friends say time’s a sculptor, turns the hardest stone to sand Yet your outline stands unshaken, chiseled deeper than I planned I walk the halls of midnight in a gown of could-have-beens Each footstep rings like thunder off the walls of what has been [Pre-Chorus – French horn solo under vocal] I stand still, I move on—but the circle stays the same I let go, I hold on—till your whisper finds my name [Chorus] Velvet tears on a marble heart, falling slow in the dark Every drop is a memory breaking, every stain is a spark I try to hold the pieces, but they slip right through my hands Velvet tears on a marble heart—love’s most fragile reprimand [Bridge – half-time, choir-style BGVs, strings soar] If mercy is a rainfall, let it flood this empty room If healing needs a tidal wave, let it drown the ghost of you I’ll cry until the marble turns to sand beneath my feet Then walk into the sunrise where the sorrow and the silence meet [Instrumental break – soaring guitar solo over chorus changes, strings counter-melody] [Final Chorus – up whole-step to B♭ maj, sustained belt, ad-libs] Velvet tears on a marble heart, watch them fall and depart Every gleam is a promise breaking, every gleam is a start I finally drop the pieces, let them land where they may stand Velvet tears on a marble heart—turning stone to open land [Outro – piano only, vocal riff fades] Velvet tears… keep on falling Marble heart… starts to breathe Love’s no longer prison—just the key beneath the sea.