"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