Key turn in the ignition
Radio playing low
The dashboard’s amber flicker
Is the only light we know
Your shadow on the leather
A cigarette in the tray
You look at me and wonder
If we’ve lost our way
[Chorus]
Hold
Against the velvet dark
When the engine dies
And we lose the spark
Keep the world outside
While we make our mark
Every beat
Every bone
Searching for the ark
Hold
Against the velvet dark
[Verse 2]
Headlights on the freeway
A river made of glass
We’re caught inside a memory
Watching minutes pass
You lean across the console
The distance feels so wide
But the static on the speaker
Is the only place to hide
[Bridge]
You say the city’s heartless (ooh baby)
I say it’s just a dream (just a dream)
If the sunrise has to break us
Let it break us at the seam
Your hand around my jacket
A cold and steady grip
Let’s drink this moment slowly
Before it starts to slip
[Outro]
Velvet dark...
(Slowly, baby)
In the neon...
(Ad-lib: keep me holding on)
Against the velvet dark