"Velvet Ring" - Big Thief

Chilled
in the kitchen of
a city tomb

The light
would flicker like
a violent womb

The night
was thicker than
a smoky fume

Eliza waited
in her room

Ben, he loved
her
like he loved no one

The way she laughed
and held a smoking gun

The way she always said
"What's done is done"

And he
is not the only one

Love is
a gentle thing

Yours is
thicker
than a velvet ring

Yours is
thicker
than a velvet ring

A victim
here
with a sharp, sharp blade

And Ben, he knew
how she was getting paid

Her water broke,
and they would have to wait

And when he knew
that she was fooling

He faced the mirror
to avoid the thing

We're out of money,
and we've sold the bling

And I just wanna
take you home

I just wanna
take you home

Love is
a gentle thing

Yours is
thicker
than a velvet ring

Yours is
thicker
than a velvet ring

And I'm
wondering
Ring

And I'm wondering