
DANSE NOCTURNE [rework 2]
[Intro] [Instrumental: drums and bass for 5 sec, then distorted guitar joins for 6 sec, then atmospheric synths layer in; total 25 sec before vocals] [Verse 1] [Low, deliberately sloppy female vocals, breaking to high notes on key words] Nocturnal creatures from below Crawled into my life, into my home Defiled my world, drank my fear Feasted on suffering, loved every tear Night was your veil, dawn was your shield You'd leave at sunrise, a bloody field Gorged and laughing, back to your den Leaving the void where nothing begins [Pre-Chorus] [Building intensity, voice rises] They drag me to their twisted ring Nocturnals make my broken body sing [Chorus 1] [Full power, dan-SE accent on "DANCE"] DANCE! DANCE! CRIPPLED INNOCENCE! DANCE! DANCE! LAUGHING AT YOUR EXPENSE! DANCE! DANCE! BROKEN AND LAME! DANCE! DANCE! NOCTURNE SCREAMS YOUR NAME! [Verse 2] [Quieter but with growing anger, voice cracks on emotional peaks] Grim Rider comes — no name, no face Just iron will and bloody grace His engine roars, a predator's cry He'll finish my dance, he'll make them die I feel his rage, it burns the air He'll hunt them down, he'll tear and tear Nocturnal beasts, your time has come The macabre dance has just begun [Pre-Chorus] [Intensity peaks] Ere the dawn, he'll make them die Ere the dawn — I'll hear their cry [Chorus 2] [Maximum power, female lead with distant male scream in background] DANCE! DANCE! SLAY THEM, KILL! DANCE! DANCE! NOCTURNES BLEED! DANCE! DANCE! DRINK YOUR FILL! DANCE! DANCE! TASTE THEIR BLOOD! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! - DANCE! [Bridge] [Instrumental chaos, motorcycle sounds, distant screams; female voice faintly over it] He rides... he kills... he rides... [Deep, sustained doom-metal growl] [Guitar swell, back to chaos] [Final Chorus / Outro] [Screaming whisper, fading, almost inaudible at the end] DANCE... DANCE... SNOW IS FALLING DANCE... DANCE... NIGHT IS CALLING DANCE... DANCE... NO ONE'S LEFT DANCE... DANCE... I'M BEREFT [Screaming whisper, fading to silence] Nocturnal creatures... gone... My stranger... gone... Just red on a snow... and me...

