[Intro]
Black lace fever
Burning under my skin
Black lace fever
Here we go again

[Verse]
You came in late with the city rain
A silver knife in a velvet chain
Your eyes were dark, your smile was thin
You wore the night like a second skin
The bassline moved through the crowded room
Like flowers waking inside a tomb
I felt my pulse become your beat
A dying saint on dancing feet

[Pre-Chorus]
You said come closer, lose control
I said I still had half a soul
You laughed and kissed the thought away
And turned the night to cabaret

[Chorus]
Black lace fever in my blood
Sweet dark river, velvet flood
I should run, but I lean in
Love me like a beautiful sin
Black lace fever, burning bright
Take my name and kill the light
I know the cure, I know the cost
But I feel alive when I am lost

[Verse]
Your hands were cold, the room was hot
We broke the things we should have not
The red wine spilled, the mirrors stared
As if the dead were almost there
You pulled me through the smoke and sound
Where every kiss became a crown
I wore your hunger like a chain
And begged you to begin again

[Pre-Chorus]
You said be mine and disappear
I said your voice is what I fear
You smiled and made the fear feel right
A black lace fever in the night

[Chorus]
Black lace fever in my blood
Sweet dark river, velvet flood
I should run, but I lean in
Love me like a beautiful sin
Black lace fever, burning bright
Take my name and kill the light
I know the cure, I know the cost
But I feel alive when I am lost

[Interlude]
Fever rising
Lace unwinding
Red light shining
No one finding

[Solo]
Black lace fever
Black lace fever
Black lace fever
No relief

[Bridge]
I used to dream of gentle hands
Of open doors and safer lands
But now I crave the chandelier
The broken glass, the taste of fear
You are the sickness I defend
The wound I call my closest friend
A fever dressed in black perfume
A heartbeat locked inside your room

[Breakdown]
Burn
Turn
Need
Bleed
Stay
Pray
Fall
Call

[Build-up]
The night is not over
The room is not still
The fever is learning
The shape of my will
The drums are returning
The guitars start to climb
You whisper forever
And poison the time

[Chorus]
Black lace fever in my blood
Sweet dark river, velvet flood
I should run, but I lean in
Love me like a beautiful sin
Black lace fever, burning bright
Take my name and kill the light
I know the cure, I know the cost
But I feel alive when I am lost

[Chorus]
Black lace fever, take me down
Make my grief a golden crown
I should leave, but I begin
Every ending back within
Black lace fever, cruel and true
Everything returns to you
I know the cure, I know the cost
But I feel alive when I am lost

[Outro]
Black lace fever
Under my skin
Black lace fever
Here we go again
