[Intro – Instrumental & SFX]
[Guitar – melodic riff, speed picking]
[Bass – Deep, morbid rhythm]
[Drums – Pounding toms + crash cymbals]
[Cello – Haunted organ, minor chord swells]
[SFX – (panned), ghostly whisper: “She said love me… dead…”]
[SFX – Screams in the distance]
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[Verse 1 – Lead Vocalist (aggressive tone)]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
She wore a crown of black and burnt roses
Dressed in black and funeral poses
Kissed my lips with cyanide
And whispered, “See you on the other side.”
[Backing Vocalists (gang chant style, lower harmony)]
[BACKING VOCALS:]
Dead girl’s waltzin’ down the stairs…
Bloody lace and haunting stares…
[Verse 2 – Lead Vocalist]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
Dagger smile behind the veil
Made everyone's heartbeat fail
She carved her name in candle wax
Then danced across the devil’s tracks
[Cello solo]
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[Chorus – Lead Vocalist & Backing Vocalists Harmonized]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
Why’d you kill me with a kiss? (A KISS)
[BACKING VOCALS:]
Kiss of death, yeah, sweet abyss (DEATH'S CARESS)
[LEAD VOCAL:]
You stitched my soul into your dress
[BACKING VOCALS:]
Now every scream is “Yes, yes, YES!”
[ALL VOCALS (Unison):]
We die for love, and live for lust…
But darling, you just rot to dust.
[SAMPLE]
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3 – Lead Vocalist]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
She kept a scrapbook full of sins
Pressed between her devil’s grins
Nailed a photo to her heart
And split my ribs to make real art
[Backing Vocalists – Shouted chants, pan left & right]
[BACKING VOCALS:]
She’s not gone — she’s underneath!
Sleeping sweet in bloodied sheets!
She’s not gone — she’s underneath!
Sleeping sweet in bloodied sheets!
[Breakdown]
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[Bridge – Lead Vocalist, slower and eerie delivery]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
Oh, cemetery bride,
You never said goodbye...
You just slipped into the mud
With my heart still pumping blood
[Keyboard – Slow organ melody, church-like tones]
[SFX – Clock ticking, distant child laughter, slow heartbeat that abruptly stops]
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[Final Chorus – All Vocals, intense energy]
[LEAD VOCAL:]
Why’d you kill me with a kiss?
[BACKING VOCALS:]
Kiss of death, yeah, sweet abyss
[LEAD VOCAL:]
Now I’m crawling through the crypts
[BACKING VOCALS:]
Just to get another fix
[ALL VOCALS:]
We die for thrills, we live for pain…
But baby, you’re my acid rain.
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[Outro – Instrumental & Whispered Vocal]
[Guitar – Heavy feedback & eerie octave riff]
[Bass – Repeating progression in minor scale]
[Drums – Final crashes, then echoing reverb]
[SFX – Screaming echo fades into wind]
[LEAD VOCAL – Whisper, close-mic:]
Waltz with me… one last time…take my hand...and drift into the rhythm...
[Final SFX – Dirt hitting coffin lid, then silence]
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