ᗩᘻᗩᘉᕲᗩᘿᘻᓍ᙭ᓰᖶᗩ - The Twilight Waltz (Original)

[Introduction] (Vinyl crackle, slow dripping upright bass, a faint, weeping theremin) [Verse 1] The clock strikes twelve in the shadow of the hill The streetlamps flicker, then everything is still I walk the cobblestones where your memory resides Bathed in the silver of the rising phantom tides [Chorus] Oh, dance with me darling, in the velvet and the gloom We’ll spin away the hours in this empty, haunted room A 1950s heartbreak spinning on a broken disc A beautiful disaster, a fatal, tragic risk [Verse 2] I see your silhouette against the foggy glass Holding onto shadows that I know are bound to pass The velvet on your collar, the chill upon your breath A love that started sweetly, now slow-dancing with death [Chorus] Oh, dance with me darling, in the velvet and the gloom We’ll spin away the hours in this empty, haunted room A 1950s heartbreak spinning on a broken disc A beautiful disaster, a fatal, tragic risk [Instrumental Solo] (Haunting, mournful saxophone solo melting into eerie theremin waves) [Bridge] The needle skips a beat, the record starts to fade We are just the ghosts that our own regrets have made Don't wake me from this nightmare, don't turn on the light Just let the vinyl play into the eternal night [Chorus] Oh, dance with me darling, in the velvet and the gloom We’ll spin away the hours in this empty, haunted room A 1950s heartbreak spinning on a broken disc A beautiful disaster, a fatal, tragic risk [Outro] (Theremin fades, heavy bass rhythm slows down, vinyl scratch to a stop) [Fade to End]