Velvet Woman
trip-hop, art pop, chamber pop, female breathy vocals, close-mic whispers, stacked harmonies, clean guitar arpeggios, bowed vibraphone, analog synth bass, sidechained synth pads, tape saturation, plate reverb, gated snare, broken beat groove stumbling into steady, 92 BPM, sensual, lush, intimate, warm
Velvet Woman
trip-hop, art pop, chamber pop, female breathy vocals, close-mic whispers, stacked harmonies, clean guitar arpeggios, bowed vibraphone, analog synth bass, sidechained synth pads, tape saturation, plate reverb, gated snare, broken beat groove stumbling into steady, 92 BPM, sensual, lush, intimate, warm
Lyrics
Intro — whispered, close mic, warm tape hiss
soft light...
on your skin...
Sennie
slow breath...
pull me in...
vel-vet...
in the room...
woman...
like the moon...
Sennie
Verse 1 — broken beat, one phrase per 2 bars, soft guitar
YOU move like SMOKE
slow through the LIGHT
I lose my WORDS
watch-ing you TONIGHT
HAIR on your SHOUL-der
eyes half CLOSED
warm as a SE-cret
no one else KNOWS
HAND near my HEART
breath on my NAME
nothing is LOUD
but ev-ry-thing FLAMES
YOU do not RUSH
YOU do not TRY
still you pull TIDES
out of my SKY
Pre-Chorus — breathy, pads rising
come close SLOW
stay right HERE
silk in the DARK
mouth by my EAR
don’t say MUCH
let it MOVE
one small TOUCH
sets the GROOVE
Chorus — lush, wide, stacked harmonies
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
soft-soft SOFT like RAIN
you turn night to HON-ey
you turn want to FLAME
slow-slow SLOW me DOWN
pull-pull PULL me THROUGH
I could melt for HOURS
in the hush of YOU
la-la LOW light glow
moon-moon MOON in bloom
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
move me through the ROOM
Post-Chorus Hook — filtered whisper chops
vel-vel-VEL-vet
woman-woman-WOM-an
soft-soft-SOFTly
come in-COME in
slow-slow-SLOWly
under-UN-der
moon-moon-MOONlight
woman-WOM-an
Verse 2 — steadier groove, warmer bass
YOU taste like NIGHT
after the RAIN
sweet without SUG-ar
warm without SHAME
I trace the SI-lence
left in your SMILE
every small SEC-ond
stretches a MILE
NO need for FIRE
NO need for CHAINS
only this RHY-thm
under our VEINS
YOU lean in CLOSE
world fades to BLUE
I forget TIME
breath-ing with YOU
Pre-Chorus 2 — rising, intimate
come close SLOW
stay right HERE
silk in the DARK
mouth by my EAR
don’t say MUCH
let it MOVE
one small TOUCH
sets the GROOVE
Chorus — bigger, sensual, stacked vocals
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
soft-soft SOFT like RAIN
you turn night to HON-ey
you turn want to FLAME
slow-slow SLOW me DOWN
pull-pull PULL me THROUGH
I could melt for HOURS
in the hush of YOU
la-la LOW light glow
moon-moon MOON in bloom
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
move me through the ROOM
Bridge — no kick, whispered, bowed vibraphone
not fast
not loud
just breath
and sound
your hand
my skin
door closed
night in
we fall
so slow
like wax
like snow
you bloom
I bend
begin
again
Break — dreamy vocal chops, tape wobble
woman...
woman...
soft as rain
velvet...
velvet...
say my name
closer...
closer...
don’t let go
slowly...
slowly...
make time slow
(filter sweep — breath — bass returns)
Final Chorus — full sidechain, lush, soft erotic energy
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
soft-soft SOFT like RAIN
you turn night to HON-ey
you turn want to FLAME
slow-slow SLOW me DOWN
pull-pull PULL me THROUGH
I could melt for HOURS
in the hush of YOU
la-la LOW light glow
moon-moon MOON in bloom
vel-vel VEL-vet WOM-an
move me through the ROOM
Outro — whispered, close mic, plate reverb fade
soft light...
on your skin...
slow breath...
pull me in...
vel-vet...
in the room...
woman...
like the moon...