Velvet Rope

Verse 1

Clean guitar and voice

I used to stand out on the sidewalk with my hands inside my sleevesWatching people that I wanted to be walking right on inNow the bouncer knows my birthday and the door just opens upI look back at the line and I can see the boy I wasHe's got better shoes than I had and a better reason why

Pre-Chorus

I'd trade him places in a secondIf he'd take this off my hands

Chorus

Behind the velvet ropeEverybody looks the sameSame smile, same drink, same picturesSame nothing with a nameI'd climb back over in a heartbeatIf the line would take me backBut you can't get out the way you cameBehind the velvet rope

Verse 2

Got a table with a sparkler and a girl I'll never callGot a manager who calls me champ like that's supposed to helpGot a hundred people screaming and I can't hear one of themAnd the boy outside is screaming too, and I can hear him fine

Pre-Chorus

I'd trade him places in a secondIf he'd take this off my hands

Chorus

808s and drums enter

Behind the velvet ropeEverybody looks the sameSame smile, same drink, same picturesSame nothing with a nameI'd climb back over in a heartbeatIf the line would take me backBut you can't get out the way you cameBehind the velvet rope

Bridge

Drums drop out, voice cracking

Somebody let me outI'm on the wrong side of the rope

Final Chorus

Full band, voice cracking into a yelp

Behind the velvet ropeEverybody looks the sameSame smile, same drink, same picturesSame nothing with my nameI'd climb back over in a heartbeatIf the line would take me backBut you can't get out the way you cameBehind the velvet rope