Velvet

The lyrics describe a speaker who is fascinated by a woman’s beauty and singing, yet feels a strong distance from her. At first, she seems almost unreal and emotionally unreachable. The speaker imagines tenderness and warmth, but admits that being together still feels lonely. Later, the speaker visits her home and finds it grand, while the repeated attention to her singing keeps the song’s focus on her voice.

“Skin is like velvet” suggests softness and physical beauty; “face cut from stone” suggests striking features, but also a cold or unreadable expression. The image of her smiling eyes that “will never reach home” may imply that her happiness does not fully connect with her inner feelings—or that the speaker cannot reach her emotionally. “I’m always alone” is a plain expression of loneliness, even in someone else’s company.

The lyrics leave the woman’s feelings unclear. She may be distant, or the speaker may be projecting an ideal image onto her and discovering that beauty cannot create closeness. The final phrase, “you can On,” is unusual and may be a playful or unclear lyric, so its meaning is uncertain. The repeated line about her singing could express admiration, comfort, or the speaker’s fixation on the one thing that feels vivid between them.