[Verse] Leather and lace on parade tonight Candlelight shadows A velvet rite Boots that stomp and hearts that ache We dance where the moon cannot break [Chorus] Welcome to the Gothic Nation A world of dark elation No dread no dismay Just shadows that sway Welcome to the Gothic Nation [Verse 2] Smoke curls up like a ghostly hand Whispers of secrets across the land The clock ticks slow but the bassline pounds Eternal nights where no sun is found [Chorus] Welcome to the Gothic Nation A world of dark elation No dread no dismay Just shadows that sway Welcome to the Gothic Nation [Bridge] Mirrors crack but show no lies Blackened roses never die We rise we fall in this obsidian glow A kingdom of night where time moves slow [Chorus] Welcome to the Gothic Nation A world of dark elation No dread no dismay Just shadows that sway Welcome to the Gothic Nation