Vellum and Violet

[Intro]
[Verse]
Pale January light
Makes the vellum bright
Dust motes dance in glass
As the slow hours pass
My bone folder slides
Where the secret hides
[Pre-Chorus]
A violet pressed thin
Beneath the paper skin
A hundred years of sleep
A promise left to keep
[Chorus]
Small things stay
When we fade away
Ink on the page
Defies every age
Soft gilded hope
At the end of the rope
We leave a trace
In this quiet space
[Post-Chorus]
Stitch the spine
Line by line
[Verse]
Looped cursive in blue
Faded but true
She wrote of the rain
And a hidden pain
Now I mend the fold
Of a story untold
[Pre-Chorus]
The scent of the musk
In the winter dusk
Fragile and deep
In the silence we keep
[Chorus]
Small things stay
When we fade away
Ink on the page
Defies every age
Soft gilded hope
At the end of the rope
We leave a trace
In this quiet space
[Bridge]
The celesta rings clear
While the winter is near
Strings hum a low note
Like a prayer she once wrote
It’s a fragile design
Crossing your time and mine
[Hook]
Hold the breath
Cheating death
Stitch by stitch
Making it rich
[Breakdown]
The glue starts to set
On a debt never met
The harp strings are cold
But the spirit is bold
[Chorus]
Small things stay
When we fade away
Ink on the page
Defies every age
Soft gilded hope
At the end of the rope
We leave a trace
In this quiet space
[Outro]