Tides Of Gold cover art
Lyrics

Velvet Chains

Gabriela Marina · from Tides Of Gold · 2025 · 3:05

About this song

What Velvet Chains is about

The opening track of Tides Of Gold is about a love that comforts and controls at the same time: "You're the cage and you're the key." She knows the hold isn't healthy and still can't let go.

Velvet Chains lyrics

Soft as whispers, yet they bind,
Threads of love, they twist and wind.
A touch so sweet, it soothes the pain,
But I can’t break these velvet chains.
Every glance, a quiet plea,
You’ve got a hold that won’t set me free.
I’m trapped in comfort, lost in you,
A love so tender, but cruel too.

Wrapped around me, I feel the weight,
A beautiful prison I can’t escape.

Velvet chains, they pull me near,
Silk and fire, love and fear.
Soft enough to make me stay,
Strong enough to steal my way.
Velvet chains, they hold me tight,
In your darkness, I see light.
Bound by love, but lost in pain,
Caught forever in velvet chains.

Your words are threads, they stitch my soul,
Filling cracks but taking control.
A thousand colors, a single tie,
A love so real, it feels like a lie.
You’re the cage and you’re the key,
A cruel, sweet symphony.
I fight the hold, but here I stay,
Drawn to the warmth I can’t betray.

Wrapped around me, I feel the weight,
A beautiful prison I can’t escape.

Velvet chains, they pull me near,
Silk and fire, love and fear.
Soft enough to make me stay,
Strong enough to steal my way.
Velvet chains, they hold me tight,
In your darkness, I see light.
Bound by love, but lost in pain,
Caught forever in velvet chains.

Is it love, or is it control?
Am I whole, or just a role?
I try to run, but every time,
Your velvet chains rewrite my mind.
A bittersweet embrace, I crave,
But freedom’s the one thing I can’t save.

Velvet chains, they pull me near,
Silk and fire, love and fear.
Soft enough to make me stay,
Strong enough to steal my way.
Velvet chains, they hold me tight,
In your darkness, I see light.
Bound by love, but lost in pain,
Caught forever in velvet chains.

Velvet chains, I wear them still,
A fragile bond, a hardened will.
I’m tethered close, I can’t explain,
Why I can’t let go of these velvet chains.