(A slow, weighty bassline. Hazy, lingering organ chords. Vocals are subdued, almost slurred, blending melody and mournful spoken word.)

(Verse 1)
Needle slips into the vein
Warmth spreads out to kill the pain
The world goes soft at every edge
A silent, weightless, solemn pledge

(Verse 2)
Eyes are heavy, limbs are lead
Voices slow inside my head
Fading out like radio waves
In these velvet depths, I’ll stay

(Chorus – Music swells gently but still feels submerged)
Velvet depths… where nothing hurts…
Velvet depths… in cotton shirts…
No tomorrow… no demands…
Just still and steady hands…

(Verse 3)
You ask me questions… I just smile
Floating free… for a little while
There’s no grief here… no regret
Just a sunset… not set yet…

(Chorus)
Velvet depths… where nothing hurts…
Velvet depths… in cotton shirts…
No tomorrow… no demands…
Just still and steady hands…

(Bridge – Music becomes even slower, more sparse, like a fading pulse)
This is the calm… this is the fall…
This is the… end of it all…
Or maybe just… a real long pause…

(Outro – Voice is a near-whisper, music dissolves into soft organ and one last bass note)
Don’t wake me…
I’m already…
Gone…