First Class Blue
Track 3 of Velvet Altitude
[ Lyrics ]
First class, but I still feel blue. Silk seat, shade pulled tight, city lights like distant fights. Champagne flute, still half-full, but the buzz won’t touch my soul. You said you’d call when I land, now I’m counting time on my hand. Smile for the staff, keep it sweet — meanwhile, my heart’s in retreat. I trace your name in the fogged-up glass, watch it fade as the moments pass. No storm outside, just this quiet in me — a first-class cage, no key. First class, but I still feel blue, clouds below, pain in view. Got the world at my feet, but I’m missing you. First class, but I still feel blue. Scrolling through pics we never took, playing back words you never could. Silence screams through the hum of the plane, a love so loud, now it’s just refrain. I ordered dessert, ate it slow — kind of sad, kind of proud, I still know how to sit with the weight, look polished and new, while breaking down in a shade of blue. I don’t need jewels, don’t need the view, just one real moment — one honest truth. But the higher I fly, the more I see: it’s not the sky keeping you from me. First class, but I still feel blue, clouds below, pain in view. Got the world at my feet, but I’m missing you. First class, but I still feel blue. I used to think love was a place I could reach, VIP lounge, suite with a beach. But it’s not in the miles, not in the view — it’s just… you. Or it’s not you. And I’m learning fast how to grieve in gold, how to cry without letting go cold. First class, but I still feel blue, clouds below, pain in view. Got the world at my feet, but I’m missing you. First class, but I still feel blue. First class… ...but I still feel blue.