NYZA ORIGINALS
Velvet Rope
He drives past her apartment building three times a night, memorizing which window stays dark, which one glows. She doesn't know his name, only that he knows her coffee order, her gym schedule, the exact shade of red she wore last Tuesday. Obsession wears a crown and he's already crowned himself.
Lyrics
Verse 1
You don't know I'm counting every breath you take
Three times around the block before the dawn breaks
I got your number memorized in my chest
Your shadow on the wall is better than the rest
Chorus
Standing at the velvet rope
Watching through the glass
I'm the ghost inside your code
You can feel me when you pass
Velvet rope, velvet rope
Locked outside, can't let go
Velvet rope, velvet rope
You don't know, but I know
Verse 2
I learned the way you walk three blocks from home
I mapped your silence, made it all my own
Your playlist is my scripture, your routine's my prayer
I'm stitched into the fabric of the air you breathe in there
Chorus
Standing at the velvet rope
Watching through the glass
I'm the ghost inside your code
You can feel me when you pass
Velvet rope, velvet rope
Locked outside, can't let go
Velvet rope, velvet rope
You don't know, but I know
Bridge
And it's not love when it's a prison
It's not love when you're the lock
I'm the fever that won't listen
I'm the thing that never stops
I'm the reason you feel watched
I'm the itch you cannot scratch
I'm the velvet rope you bought
And you'll never get me back
Outro
Velvet rope, velvet rope
I'm still here, still holding on