"Velveteen" lyrics - ALVVAYS

[Intro:]
(Velveteen)
(Velveteen)
(Velveteen)

I see you getting fit
I can't make sense of it
At night, you roll up your jeans
And pull on your velveteen
Tonight you're on the stairs
What are you doing there?
Take off your lethargy
And down the bannister you slide

[Chorus:]
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be me
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be

A closetful of lace
Acquired recently
Who am I to debase
In this economy?
Is she a perfect ten?
Have you found Christ again?
You tell me you don't have the time
To cop to it and vanish in the night

[Chorus:]
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be me
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be me

[Bridge:]
You fell away and I know how it all boils down
You hesitate, maintain charade
And I fall to the bottle, the bottom again
We used to tell each other everything
And now we're passing ships in night
We used to tell each other all the lies
And in a fairly civil way
Whatever gets you through the night

[Chorus:]
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be me
Who is she?
Because I know that it can't be me
Who is she?
'Cause I know that it can't be me
I know that it can't be me
I, I know that it can't be me

[Outro:]
(Who is she?)
I know that it can't be me
(Who is she?)
I know that it can't be