Violets in the Velvet

[Intro]
[Verse]
The glasshouse grows cold
My secrets unfold
I pluck a purple bloom
To chase away her gloom
The glass armonica plays
Through misty autumn days
[Pre-Chorus]
The strings begin to sigh
Beneath the gilded light
She passes softly by
Into the velvet night
[Chorus]
A violet in her pocket deep
A promise that I keep
While distant waltzes spin
My quiet love within
She will never know
Who watched the flowers grow
[Verse]
I trace the velvet hem
And leave a dried stem
The cor anglais laments
With sweet, forgotten scents
She dances on the stone
So near, yet so alone
[Pre-Chorus]
The strings begin to sigh
Beneath the gilded light
She passes softly by
Into the velvet night
[Chorus]
A violet in her pocket deep
A promise that I keep
While distant waltzes spin
My quiet love within
She will never know
Who watched the flowers grow
[Bridge]
The theorbo plays low
In shadows we both go
I sweep the fallen leaves
While her silk gown receives
My silent, petal prayer
Left floating in the air
[Chorus]
A violet in her pocket deep
A promise that I keep
While distant waltzes spin
My quiet love within
She will never know
Who watched the flowers grow
[Post-Chorus]
Soft chime bells ring
The choir girls sing
A hidden, fragile thing
On a winter wing
[Outro]