# PHANTOM OF THE DISCOTHEQUE [Intro - distant piano, vinyl crackle] [Phantom] Well, well... What wandered through my door? [Male, dry] Careful, darlin'. This one's got manners. [Phantom] How quaint. [Beat drops] [Verse 1 - Male] Her heartbeat sounds like a bass line I forgot about wanting, warm blood underneath my fingertips, and suddenly that's haunting. I might be a little cold, and sure... I'm falling apart, but she put one hand in mine and woke something without a heart. [Verse 2 - Female] The room is dressed in velvet, there's a dead man at the keys, he says, "Darling, may I have this dance?" like he's been waiting centuries. [Male] He's dramatic. [Female] You're jealous. [Male] I'm dead. [Female] That wasn't a no. [Pre-Chorus - Phantom] So have your dance, see if you stand a chance. One little turn beneath the light, nothing about this feels quite right. [Female] Nothing about this is right. [Phantom] Even better. [Chorus - Phantom & Female] **Phantom of the discotheque,** darling, place your final bet, one more dance, one more regret, you ain't seen nothing yet. Spin me underneath the light, dead or living, hold me tight, nothing about this is right... **but we only have tonight.** [Verse 3 - Male] He can give you chandeliers, silver tongues and grand affairs, I got dust upon my boots and several bones needing repairs. But the heat comes from the way I hold, not the blood beneath my skin, so dance with your phantom, little darlin'... I'll still be here when it ends. [Female] Do you really think you can keep me? [Male] Nope. *[beat]* Reckon I'll enjoy trying. [Instrumental - orchestral disco dance] [Phantom] One step. [Female] Too slow. [Phantom] One turn. [Male] Show-off. [Phantom] You brought a corpse to my ballroom. [Male] Takes one to know one. [Female] Boys. [Chorus] **Phantom of the discotheque,** darling, place your final bet, one more dance, one more regret, you ain't seen nothing yet. Pull me closer, steal the light, make a bad idea feel right, nothing about this is right... **but we only have tonight.** [Bridge - Male and female] [Male] I forgot what warm felt like. [Female] Then come a little closer. [Male] Darlin', that's a dangerous thing to tell a dead man. [Female] Do I look worried? *[Bass returns]* [Male] That's what worries me. [Final Chorus - All] **Phantom of the discotheque,** we ain't finished dancing yet, raise the dead and raise the bet, give us something to regret. Spin until the morning light, wrong has never felt so right, we've got forever if we like... **but we only need tonight.** [Outro - piano] *[One terrible cluster of piano notes]* [Phantom] ... What was that? *[Meow]* [Female] Jinx. [Phantom] Get it off my piano. *[Meow]* [Male] Wouldn't do that. [Phantom] Why? [Male] Long story. *[Something crashes]* [Phantom] What did he just break? [Male and female together] **Don't ask.** *[Three-note motif]*
