Gothic Apes

Verse

We hang upside down from the darkest tree,

Draped in black fur, ain't nobody free,

We paint our claws in midnight shade,

Every sunrise makes our mood degrade.

Chorus

We're gothic apes, we're gothic apes,

Eating black bananas, wearing capes,

We don't smile, we only brood,

Bananas black is our only food.

Verse

Our favorite band is called "The Sullen Chimps",

They sing about apes who are melancholic imps,

Track one is titled "Bela Chimpugosi's Dead",

Track two's just thirty minutes of a monkey's dread.

Chorus

We're gothic apes, we're gothic apes,

Eating black bananas, wearing capes,

We don't dance, we only sway,

In the shadows of the jungle, night or day.

Bridge

Darwin never understood our pain,

Evolution left us in the rain,

We swap our vines for chains of black,

And howl a sad note, then howl it back.

Interlude

Chorus

We're gothic apes, so pale beneath our hair,

Sunscreen's for the primates who still care,

We're gothic apes, we're gothic apes –

Bananas black, and moody capes.

Verse

We threw away our yellow peels in shame,

Yellow's for the monkeys who still play the game,

We swing on chains instead of vines,

And journal in the dark by candle-lit lines.

Bridge

They say "cheer up," we say "never,"

Grey skies suit us, stormy weather,

Our mating call's a mournful sigh,

A single tear runs down a painted eye.

Verse

Our leader's name is Count Chimpula,

He drinks his coffee black — no sugar, no cheer,

He rules the troop from a throne of bark,

And howls his sorrows after dark.

Final Chorus

We're gothic apes, we're gothic apes,

Eating rotten bananas, wearing capes,

We won't smile, we won't relent,

Born to brood, and gothic-ly bent!