[Hook in first 5 seconds — immediate short riff, punchy] [Verse 1 — half-sung, half-spoken male lead; confident but miserable; short guitar riff answers each vocal phrase] Well, since my lover crossed [short guitar riff] Well, down a one-way road [short guitar riff] Well, it’s down six feet under [short guitar riff] Can’t make dead love glow [dirty guitar stab] Well, here I am, a madman So lonely since this began And so I’be even if I die Can’t change the feel Can’t feel inside [Instrumental Turnaround — same main riff, very short] [Verse 2 — groove continues, vocal slightly more melodic but still riff-driven] I might as well try a new place To fix my heart and soul Remember her pretty face And how sweet she made love But I got pulled so far below Now I have a new map A brand new place to go [short riff] But it ain’t no doc, no, it ain’t It’s for heartbroken, for the pain A hotel where sad hearts go Fancy and neat, I imagine it so [Build — guitar riff becomes more ominous] See it looming down the road Heartbreak Hotel, I hope it’s so The ad says from the get-go: [brief stop] “We’ll mend your heart… …we’ll heal your soul” [Breakdown — instruments drop almost completely] But hey…Clerk says [Band crashes back in] [Chorus — deep and charming vocals on “NO VACANCY!” Crude and solo dirty guitar riff between lines] NO VACANCY! Every room’s busy [short guitar riff] NO VACANCY! Too many broken in here [short guitar riff] NO VACANCY! Yeah, there’s no room free [Stop — lead vocal alone, irritated and disbelieving] Heartbreak Hotel Baby, what the hell? [Outro Verse — music returns lower and darker; tired, defeated vocal] Went back alone Too far too long Heartbroken and gone Brokenhearted and lone… [Final Chorus — progressively louder, punchy] NO VACANCY! NO VACANCY! My destiny [huge final band hit] NO VACANCY! No room for me NO VACANCY!
