Velvet Riot

══════════════════════════════════════ VELVET RIOT Performed by Cybergal Written by Cybergal Custom Voice Profile © 2026 Cybergal Lyrics \u0026 Composition © 2026 Cybergal All Rights Reserved. ══════════════════════════════════════ I still got the scab on my knee from the bike crash of '09 A permanent map of the borders I've crossed in my life But the sneakers are tight and the laces are starting to fray And the ghost of the girl in the garden is fading to grey I used to think "grown" was a mountain you climbed in a day Now I'm staring at peaks that are crumbling and washing away The training wheels snapped and the sidewalk felt cold Now I'm reading the scripts that the old women told And the mirror is lying, it says that I'm "fine" While I'm chewing through glass just to hold a straight line Cut the ribbons! Burn the dress! I'm a beautiful, chaotic, shimmering mess! It ain't a transition, It's a violent bloom! A riot of velvet In a concrete room! I'm not a daughter. I'm not a brat. I'm the thunder After lightning strikes. And the girl that I was? She's a skin that I shed. I'm a woman now, baby... Or the ghost of the dead! Now the boys in the driveway are looking at me like a prize With that soft-spoken hunger and the hunger in their eyes But the voice in my throat has evolved to a jagged-edged scream And I'm waking up cold from a wide-eyed suburban dream I don't want your pearls Or your proper way of standing in line I'll take the wreckage and the rust If it means that the wreckage is mine Ten years old was a kingdom of dirt Fifteen was a secret, a bruise, and a hurt Eighteen was a door that I kicked off the hinge Now I'm standing in the open On a desperate binge... Of autonomy. Of agency. Of the terrifying weight Of the key! GIVE ME THE KEY! I'm not a little lady. I'm not a sweet thing anymore. I'm the storm Hitting the coast. I'm the lock On the door. I'm the woman I feared. I'm the woman I'm becoming. And God... Look at me. JUST LOOK AT ME RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING!