Velvet Exit Sign

Velvet on the rope, but the air feels sharp
I can hear my steps do a little spark
Hallway long, like a thought I can't drop
Everybody smiling but their eyes won't stop
Smoked windows making mirrors of strangers
I keep my calm like I trained with danger
If you lean in, you might feel the storm
I'm not warm -  I'm just well-performed

Don't grab my sleeve, don't tug my pace
I'm not running, I'm just finding space

Soft hands, hard plan, I don't say it loud
Exit sign velvet -  I'm the way out now
Bass low, lights high, let the room get proud
Soft hands, hard plan, I don't say it loud

I don't do forever, I do "right now"
In a room full of noise, I'm a quiet vow
If I kiss, it's a spark, not a storybook
If I leave, it's the hook, not the afterlook
Chrome halo catching flash like a blade
I learned early: pretty things are a raid
So I keep one foot near the doorframe
And I breathe like I'm cooling a flame

Drums drop - just pulse and voice
You call it fear, I call it choice

Soft hands, hard plan, I don't say it loud
Exit sign velvet -  I'm the way out now
Bass low, lights high, let the room get proud
Soft hands, hard plan, I don't say it loud