[Intro] [Frantic, chiming flanged guitar riff, followed by a heavy, prominent melodic bassline. Tight tribal drums establish a hypnotic, urgent rhythm.] [Verse 1] In a crimson chamber, beneath the iron veil You sharpen your claws on a lover's betrayal A spider-silk gown on a mannequin frame You whisper my sins and you don't know my name We dance on the grave of a summer's embrace While the moth-eaten curtains conceal your face [Chorus] [Double time, Soaring, dramatic female howl, theatrical octave leaps, pounding tribal drums] It's a, it's a... GOTHIC ROMANCE! Sip the poison, I'm in a trance A kiss in the dreamhouse, torn in two I'm only alive... when I am with you! (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah) [Verse 2] Your charcoal eyes look right through my skin A beautiful wreck where the plagues begin We feast on the silence, we drink from the stone You're my sacred obsession on a broken throne Hissing, not kissing, a deadly delight Entwined in the ruins of a Sunday night [Chorus] [Double time, Urgent melodic bass, angular guitars, fierce soaring vocals] It's a, it's a... GOTHIC ROMANCE! Sip the poison, I'm in a trance A kiss in the dreamhouse, torn in two I'm only alive... when I am with you! (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah) [Bridge] [Instruments drop away, leaving a haunting melodic bassline and slow ceremonial drumbeat. Intimate, breathy contralto.] Marble slabs... Nocturnal habits... We're not like them. [Sudden piercing shout] WE'RE NOT LIKE THEM! [Guitar Solo] [Angular, shrieking, abstract guitar solo. Jagged dissonant bends, frantic flanger sweeps, piercing harmonics, and spiraling melodic bass.] [Final Chorus] [Double time, Explosive tribal percussion, sweeping guitars, soaring theatrical vocals] It's a, it's a... GOTHIC ROMANCE! Sip the poison, I'm in a trance A kiss in the dreamhouse, torn in two I'm only alive... when I am with you! (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah) [Outro] [Tribal drumming gradually recedes. Hypnotic bass repeats beneath increasingly distant vocals.] My goth, my gothic... Fall with me. My goth, my gothic... Stay with me. Only after midnight... [Spoken, barely audible] Only after midnight. [Final sharp guitar note. Abrupt silence.]
