Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Curtains drawn Graveyard dark Alarm set late But you jump at the bark Feathers flared Little crown of doom Beady eyes blazing In your funeral room [Chorus] The cockatoo screams at dawn (wake up, lover) Like a banshee in the hall Calling you on At the bedroom door Claws on the floor (hey!) "Get up Get up Get up" Till you love me more The cockatoo screams at dawn Your name like a spell it scrawls in its squawk At the bedroom door I’m cursed by a bird that adores [Verse 2] You pull sheets Like a velvet shroud It tilts its head Then doubles the sound "Where are you?" Every word a knife Little ghost with wings Guarding my life [Chorus] The cockatoo screams at dawn (wake up, sinner) Like a banshee in the hall Dragging you on At the bedroom door Claws on the floor (hey!) "Get up Get up Get up" I’m the one you swore The cockatoo screams at dawn Your name like a spell it scrawls in its squawk At the bedroom door I’m bound to the bird that adores [Bridge] You say I haunt you But look at this fiend White as a bone With a voice that keens You say you love me Till death Till dust It screams "Wake up!" And protects that trust (ooh) [Chorus] The cockatoo screams at dawn (wake up, lover) Like a banshee in the hall Dragging you on At the bedroom door Claws on the floor (hey!) "Get up Get up Get up" This is gothic rapport The cockatoo screams at dawn Our strange little herald of terrible love At the bedroom door We kiss while it screams for more
Tags
rock, Jaunty gothic rock with a bouncy, almost cabaret swing; male vocals leaning theatrical over crunchy guitars and a stalking bass line. Drums shuffle with tom-heavy fills, organ and glockenspiel add macabre playfulness, and the chorus opens into gang vocals and claps for a rowdy, singalong feel., loud, romantic, gothic rock
Duration
3:26
Instrumental
No
Created
4/3/2026