Lyric

Late-day haze on the avenue

I trace the gold on the windowsill

Your shadow leans like a quiet vow

And every hush goes still

A careful heart in a crowded room

I keep the spark in a hidden seam

Your words are silk with a warning thread

Sweet as a half-remembered dream

If the line feels thin

I step back slow

If the room goes cold

I let the soft wind go

A careful kiss can steer

Two tides through stone

And what is tender

Can still come home

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Gentle flame, steady and true

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Love can heal, love can move

Velvet tides, carry us through

The clock face bends in a silver hum

While laughter curls in the open air

Your look arrives with a sweeter edge

Like honey braided with care

I keep one foot where the safe things stand

One foot where the unknown blooms

A little fear can guard the door

But trust can clear the room

If the night grows sharp

I soften low

If the road runs wild

I let the calm creek flow

A careful touch can lift

The weight from stone

And what is patient

Can still come home

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Gentle flame, steady and true

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Love can heal, love can move

Velvet tides, carry us through

At the edge of the day, the sky turns deep

And the whole wide world turns slow

Your laugh is a bridge of polished glass

Where the softer colors go

I speak in signs, you answer kind

Like rain on a thirsty hill

Even the roughest edge can fade

When the hush is warm and still

If the path bends hard

I do not fold

If the air turns thin

I let the chorus hold

A careful heart can keep

The lantern low

And what is fragile

Can still glow

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Gentle flame, steady and true

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Love can heal, love can move

Velvet tides, carry us through

Some roads ask for a brave kind of quiet

Some nights ask for a slower beat

I have seen the storm in a stranger’s eyes

Then watched it turn sweet

So if the current pulls too fast

I will not fight the stream

I bring a soft light to the deep blue dark

And you bring the seam of a dream

Oh, ooh

Velvet tides

Oh, ooh

Soft enough to survive

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Gentle flame, steady and true

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, I choose you

Love can heal, love can move

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides, carry us through

Velvet tides