She isn't your usual story Her words are wounding and crass And her dreams are a demon's curse A shattered heart of glass She never saw it coming The devil was on the attack Thrashed by an inch of her life Beat by mum and dad But I've been dancing far too long At the dance of the dead, to our song She isn't your usual story Her pages are as white a ghost And her memories would make a blockbuster film On a diet of tea and toast She never saw it coming An overdose collapse Afraid of her hospital stays Gave in to their demands But I've been dancing far too long At the dance of the dead, to our song She isn't your usual story She's ripped and torn And she dreams of a regular life But death is her romance She isn't your usual story She's bound by the fears of her past She dreams of a regular life But death is her romance, her romance (Please come home) And she dreams of a regular life But death is her romance, her romance