Lyric

I fell asleep with my eyes open wide

Clock hands melting into the night

Footsteps echo where shadows breathe

Every thought is learning how to leave

Silver doors without a frame

Whispers that don’t know my name

Gravity hums a broken tune

I’m a guest in a drifting moon

No up, no down, just in-between

A language spoken without a scene

Welcome to the velvet between waking

Where fear is soft and time is thin

I lose my shape, my name is breaking

But I’ve never felt this real within

If this is a lie, don’t let me know

Let the dream decide where I go

Faces bloom and fold like smoke

Truth tastes sweet when never spoke

Memories wear borrowed skin

They ask me out, then pull me in

Windows lead to deeper rooms

Flowers growing out of wounds

I try to scream, it turns to light

The dark is warm, the dark is kind

Every rule is learning how to bend

Every start forgets the end

Welcome to the velvet between waking

Where fear is soft and time is thin

I lose my shape, my name is breaking

But I’ve never felt this real within

If this is a lie, don’t let me know

Let the dream decide where I go

I see myself from far away

A thousand maybes, none of them stay

If I wake up, will I survive

Or is this where I’m most alive?

Voices stitched into the air

Say you were never meant to care

Just float, just fade, just fall inside

The space where truth and illusion collide

In the velvet between waking

I finally stop pretending

Every loss is gently taken

Every line is softly bending

If morning comes, let it be slow

I’m not done with the unknown

Breath by breath, I disappear

Dreams don’t end, they just come near