Lyric

The curtain fell on velvet shoes

And you were there with borrowed news

A silver ring, a folded note

And that old box you never wrote

You smiled like you knew the rule

Like every lie was dressed in tulle

I touched the latch, it kissed my palm

And something in the room went calm

Tell me, darling

Why it breathes when I'm near?

Tell me, darling

What you hide in the ear

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

You keep your trouble

One little pull

And the whole room sighs

Behind the bellows

Your secret lies

The clarinet went soft and low

Like it had learned what not to know

The piano tapped a side door key

While shadows drank my memory

You held my gaze, then looked away

A tango step, a child's delay

I heard a laugh inside the wood

Like someone else remembered good

Tell me, darling

Why it shakes in your hands?

Tell me, darling

Who was lost in the band?

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

You keep your trouble

One little pull

And the whole room sighs

Behind the bellows

Your secret lies

Spin me once, then let me see

What's stitched inside that melody

A name, a map, a midnight vow?

You've held it long, you can't break now

The strings lean in, the table creaks

Your mouth goes dry, your courage leaks

I don't need truth dressed up in gold

Just let the dark thing be told

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

You keep your trouble

One little pull

And the whole room sighs

Behind the bellows

Your secret lies

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

Behind the bellows

I know you lied

One little pull

And I still stay

Behind the bellows

I love the shape of the shade