Cobblestones press against my leather skin
Horsehair dreams on maple chin rest
Breath ghosts the brass catches shut
Altos hum in the velvet gut
Velvet ribs hold the frozen bow
Winter wind can't find us now
Zipper teeth bite the midnight air
Song stays safe inside my care
Snow sifts through the alley grate
Violin wakes and calibrates
Fingers numb find familiar curve
I absorb what they deserve
Velvet ribs hold the frozen bow
Winter wind can't find us now
Zipper teeth bite the midnight air
Song stays safe inside my care
Pizzicato plucks the frozen dawn
Modular blips where notes are born
Wooden percussion taps my shell
Choir kid knows this tune too well
Velvet ribs hold the frozen bow
Winter wind can't find us now
Zipper teeth bite the midnight air
Song stays safe inside my care
No hymnal page no stained glass light
Just case and string and winter night
But harmony lives in the grain
Where frost and finger meet again
Coins land soft on velvet floor
Case snaps shut the show is done
Tomorrow's alley same dark embrace
I'll hold the tune in wooden case
Velvet ribs hold the frozen bow
Winter wind can't find us now
Zipper teeth bite the midnight air
Song stays safe inside my care
Velvet ribs keep the music warm
Dark belly rides the winter storm
