[Intro – Funeral Bells + Rain]
[Second-line trumpet fades into swamp crickets]
Every funeral in Louisiana…
leave somethin’ behind.
[Soft piano enters]
Sometimes tears.
Sometimes ghosts.
Sometimes…
her.
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[Verse 1]
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Black veil woman by the cemetery gate,
Moonlight shimmer on her lace.
Heels sink slow in the muddy ground,
Like sorrow itself just touched down.
Magnolia perfume drift through the rain,
Sweet enough to disguise pain.
Whole funeral crowd avoided her eyes,
Like everybody there knew better inside.
She stood still while the choir sang low,
Hands pale white against charcoal clothes.
And when she looked my direction once—
Lord, the whole night felt cursed.
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[Hook – Choir + Funeral Trumpet]
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Black Veil Bayou…
Call my name…
Soft like love, cold like graves.
Black Veil Bayou…
Midnight queen…
Prettiest ghost I ever seen.
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[Verse 2]
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Saw her later by the river bend,
Lantern glowin’ through the wind.
Black lace gloves and silver rings,
Voice smooth as dangerous things.
She said,
“Baby, grief get lonely too.”
Then smiled like she already knew
Every heartbreak underneath my skin,
Every darkness hid within.
The swamp air thick with thunder heat,
Water movin’ beneath our feet.
And every instinct screamed “Don’t stay”—
But lonely souls don’t walk away.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Organ]
Some spirits don’t haunt houses.
Some haunt hearts.
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Black veil drift beneath the trees tonight…
Beauty wrapped in candlelight.
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[Verse 3]
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By dawn she vanished with the river fog,
Like she never existed at all.
But magnolia petals stained my coat,
And her perfume still lived in smoke.
Now every funeral trumpet cry
Bring that woman back to mind.
Like Louisiana itself took shape—
As grief too beautiful to escape.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Strings]
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Black Veil Bayou…
Still appear…
Whenever sorrow draw near.
Black Veil Bayou…
Haunt my dreams…
Floatin’ through the cypress trees.
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[Outro – Rain + Distant Choir]
[Lantern blows out]
Some people mourn the dead.
Some people…
join ‘em slowly.
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