Lyrics

Velvet Aphelion

[Verse 1]
You move like midnight on a slow horizon
Red ring rising at the edge of vision
Gravity leans when you turn my way
Pulling all the colors out of my day

[Chorus]
Velvet aphelion
Farthest from the fire
Still you burn me on
Touch me
Then you're gone
Orbiting a heart I can't land upon
Velvet aphelion
Soft and cruel
A distance I depend upon
Closer when you're gone
Falling for your farthest point again

[Verse 2]
Your words drip heavy
Like a storm in waiting
Sugar over salt
Over complicating
You say “stay safe
” then you tilt the sky
And every line I cross feels justified

[Chorus]
Velvet aphelion
Farthest from the fire
Still you burn me on
Touch me
Then you're gone
Orbiting a heart I can't land upon
Velvet aphelion
Soft and cruel
A distance I depend upon
Closer when you're gone
Falling for your farthest point again

[Bridge]
I trace your shadow on the ceiling
Name constellations after feelings (oh)
Every time I think you’re near
You redraw the atmosphere

[Chorus]
Velvet aphelion
Farthest from the fire
Still you burn me on
Touch me
Then you're gone
Orbiting a heart I can't land upon
Velvet aphelion
Soft and cruel
A distance I depend upon
Closer when you're gone
Falling for your farthest point again

Marcangelo Perricelli