Velvet Rain: Cherry Lipstick & Cigarettes 💄🚬🌃
💋The Song I Almost Didn’t Post – Velvet Rain
I wrote Velvet Rain: Cherry Lipstick & Cigarettes on December 2, 2024, during a night that felt endless 🌌. I had my notebook and headphones on 🎧, the city outside glowing like it knew every secret I was holding 🏙️. The streets were wet, the neon lights blurred 🌈💧, and it was one of those nights where every sound, every shadow, every passing stranger felt like part of a story I was already living inside my head 🖤.
This song came from an image that stuck in my mind for hours: cherry-red lips 💋, cigarette smoke curling into the air 🚬, and the sensation of feeling both alive and haunted at the same time 👻. I wanted it to be cinematic, raw, and personal 🎬. Every lyric is a little piece of a night I can still feel on my skin the thrill, the longing, the ache ❤️🔥.
I was terrified to post this one 😳. I felt like I was putting something that raw and personal online, and what if nobody got it? What if it felt too messy, too cinematic, too “me”? But I couldn’t hold it back. The song had to exist outside of me; otherwise, it would just linger forever, unspoken, unfinished ✍️.
Velvet Rain: Cherry Lipstick & Cigarettes is about walking through your memories and feelings, letting yourself get lost in the streets, the night, and the moments that feel too vivid to ignore 🌌💫. It’s about chasing someone who’s both there and not, feeling every heartbeat 💓, every flicker of shadow 🌑, every trace of desire 🔥.
When I finally shared it, my hands were shaking 🤲. I was excited, terrified, nervous, and hopeful all at once ⚡. I kept thinking, “Is this too much? Is this raw enough? Is this even worth posting?” And then I realized yes. This is worth it ✅. Every line, every “hmm,” every “la la la” that escaped my lips while writing it 🎶, every high note I held onto it all mattered.
Now, listening back, I can remember that night in every detail: the neon, the rain 🌧️🌈, the whisper of the wind through the city 🌬️, the weight of longing that sat heavy in my chest 💔. I can feel the shadows of every line, the pulse of every beat, and the truth of every lyric 🖤. It’s cinematic, it’s messy, it’s intimate, and it’s everything I wanted to share 🌹.
This song is mine. Raw. Honest. Vulnerable. And I hope anyone who listens can feel even a fraction of what I felt that night the intensity, the longing, the quiet ache that only comes from being completely alive in a single, unforgettable moment 🌌💖.