[Intro]
Perfume on the staircase
Smoke beneath the door
I follow what is fading
And I hunger for more

[Verse]
Your scent was hiding in the wood
A velvet ghost where you once stood
It curled around the banister
And spoke in words that never were
The house was still, the curtains drawn
But every step remembered dawn
I climbed as if your breath could stay
Inside the dust you left that day

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it is only air
But I feel you everywhere
Like a promise dressed in black
Like a hand upon my back

[Chorus]
Perfume on the staircase
Lead me where you lie
Every fading fragrance
Tells another lie
Perfume on the staircase
Sweet enough to wound
I am chasing shadows
Through your ruined room

[Verse]
The bedroom held a colder light
A silver bruise across the night
Your lipstick marked an empty glass
A little moon from lovers past
I pressed my palm against the wall
And heard your laughter start to crawl
It said my name, it said stay near
It sounded almost like my fear

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know you are not there
But I breathe you like a prayer
Every stair becomes a chain
Every memory learns my pain

[Chorus]
Perfume on the staircase
Lead me where you lie
Every fading fragrance
Tells another lie
Perfume on the staircase
Sweet enough to wound
I am chasing shadows
Through your ruined room

[Interlude]
I climb
I fall
I hear
You call
No face
No form
Just silk
And storm

[Bridge]
If I could wash you from the grain
If I could teach my blood your name
Was nothing but a passing fever
A fever leaves, but you stay deeper
You are the rose beneath the floor
The kiss behind the bedroom door
The scent that makes the dead heart race
The poison dressed in tender grace

[Breakdown]
One step
Two steps
Your breath
My breath
Soft trace
Cold lace
No rest
No rest

[Build-up]
I follow the ghost of your skin
I follow the wound back in
I follow the night upstairs
I follow because no one cares

[Chorus]
Perfume on the staircase
Lead me where you lie
Every fading fragrance
Tells another lie
Perfume on the staircase
Sweet enough to wound
I am chasing shadows
Through your ruined room

[Chorus]
Perfume on the staircase
Never let me go
Wrap me in your absence
Teach my blood to know
Perfume on the staircase
Beautiful and cruel
I keep climbing higher
Like a willing fool

[Outro]
Perfume on the staircase
Gone but not erased
Love becomes a hallway
No one can escape