[Tempo: 92 BPM] [Key: Minor, low register, dark tonal center] [Style: Dark Americana, Gothic Country, Southern Gothic] [Vocal: very low baritone male vocal, dry sardonic delivery, almost spoken singing, intimate close mic] [Instrumentation: fingerstyle acoustic guitar (low register), distorted harmonica, upright bass, sparse brushed drums, minimal cinematic processing, lo-fi swamp folk atmosphere] [Intro - Fingerstyle guitar + distorted harmonica] [Verse 1] Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” your Heart muscle shivers in perfect stealth. I'm a dream-man — the Midsummer Night’s Dream of yours. I'm the nightmare that makes you piss yourself. [Chorus 1] See? Love, like a black raven, flies into your window. It needs something to feed its hungry little crows. It will rip out your heart and your guts with all the shit, and carry them to the nest — a blooming cherry thicket. [Break - Fingerstyle guitar + distorted harmonica] [Verse 2] I'm like Count Dracula — gloomy and dour, I prefer my girls dark and in submission — gothic. The chambers of my mind are a mouldy hold, Where I savor my depression after farting all over it. [Chorus 2] Feel it? Love, like a black raven, flies into your soul. It needs something to feed its hungry little crows. It will rip out your heart and your guts with all the shit, and carry them to the nest — a blooming cherry thicket. [Break - Fingerstyle guitar + distorted harmonica] [Verse 3] Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore — life won't be the same.” I've retired from big-time sex and taken up coaching instead. Hey! I crossed the Rubicon, burned every bridge in the flame, I'll be calling you... at times... on Saturdays... . [Chorus 3] Because love, like a black raven, flew into my soul. It needs something to feed its hungry little crows. It ripped out my heart and my guts with all the shit, and is carrying them to the nest — a blooming cherry thicket. [Break - Fingerstyle guitar + distorted harmonica] 'cause love ripped out my heart and my guts with all the shit, and is carrying them to the nest — a blooming cherry thicket. [Outro - Extended Fingerstyle guitar + distorted harmonica]
