Velvet Secrets

[Verse 1]
The ivories tell a story that the bourbon understands
And every glass he polishes holds a tremor from a hand
The low-light conversation is a language all its own
He just pours another measure, and leaves the past alone

[Chorus]
He keeps the whispered histories behind that line of gin
All the chapters that are over, and the ones that can't begin

[Verse 2]
There’s a lawyer with a locket that he never dares to touch
And a singer who lost her high notes and misses them so much
He knows who’s running from a ghost and who is running to
He just nods and wipes the counter when the lonely night is through

[Bridge]
They don't pay him for the silence, or the solace in his gaze
Just a place to lose their shadows in a smoky, timeless haze

[Outro]
He locks the door on all the ghosts until the music starts again