[Intro] Perfume and black lace A candle for your face A kiss without a place To run from [Verse] You drew the bath in violet light And filled the room with bitter bloom The radio played out of sight A funeral waltz for bride and groom You touched my wrist, you checked my pulse As if my heart belonged to you I smiled because the fear was false Until I knew the fear was true [Pre-Chorus] Your love arrived in evening clothes With secrets in its sleeves The sweetest flower always knows How beautifully it grieves [Chorus] Perfume and Black Lace You cover every bruise with grace You turn the wound into embrace And call it love, call it love Perfume and Black Lace I see the hunger in your face I disappear without a trace And call it love, call it love [Verse] The silver brush, the ivory comb The lipstick dark as clotted wine You made a shrine of coming home Then made the shrine a warning sign You said the world was cold outside You said the night would eat me whole You pressed your mouth against my pride And took the weather from my soul [Pre-Chorus] I wore your silence like a veil I wore your jealousy like gold I watched my own reflection pale And called the mirror old [Chorus] Perfume and Black Lace You cover every bruise with grace You turn the wound into embrace And call it love, call it love Perfume and Black Lace I see the hunger in your face I disappear without a trace And call it love, call it love [Instrumental] Guitar like smoke in a velvet room Bassline blooming like black perfume [Bridge] Your beauty has a hidden door Your tenderness demands a fee I wanted less, you wanted more Until there was no more of me [Breakdown] Sweet breath Cold chain Soft mouth Hard rain [Build-up] Kiss the lock and praise the key Tell me who I’m meant to be Dress the cage in satin blue Make the prison look like you [Chorus] Perfume and Black Lace You cover every bruise with grace You turn the wound into embrace And call it love, call it love [Chorus] Perfume and Black Lace I see the hunger in your face I disappear without a trace And call it love, call it love [Outro] Perfume and black lace A candle for your face A kiss without a place To run from