"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