The Violet of Vellum

[Intro]
[Verse]
The frost maps the glass
The winter hours pass
In this garret of stone
I am sitting alone
With a cup of black steam
And a half-broken dream
[Pre-Chorus]
I open the spine
Of a book once mine
The ink starts to fade
In the cold morning shade
[Chorus]
Oh, the violet is dry
Under a lavender sky
I remember the song
Where we both did belong
In the autumn gold
Before the world turned cold
[Post-Chorus]
Tracing the petal
Heavy as metal
Soft as the breath
Of a beautiful death
[Verse]
Your fingers were swift
A melodic gift
By the Seine’s grey flow
In the October glow
With a wooden flute
Now the city is mute
[Chorus]
Oh, the violet is dry
Under a lavender sky
I remember the song
Where we both did belong
In the autumn gold
Before the world turned cold
[Bridge]
Baudelaire on the page
Like a bird in a cage
The church bells chime
Against the ghost of time
The spinet plays low
In the soft dawn glow
[Verse]
I trace every vein
Through the window pane
The violet remains
Despite all the rains
A secret we kept
While the whole Paris slept
[Chorus]
Oh, the violet is dry
Under a lavender sky
I remember the song
Where we both did belong
In the autumn gold
Before the world turned cold
[Outro]