In a forest dark and deep Night has fallen, but I’m too afraid Too afraid to sleep I close my eyes and then I see The light come shining down Gothica In a house upon a hill Something stirring on the stairway Disturbs my senses, still I take a candle and I climb The stairs begin to shake Gothica Everybody needs a refuge from the ordinary Everybody needs to breathe It’s a necessary dip into the unknown ocean It’s essential fantasy Gothica It’s a place I cannot see Only sometimes, when I recollect my dreams Gothica In a howling hurricane Hidden by a rock, I shelter From the storm, the driving rain Pounds a message in my ear I have nothing more to fear And the stranger at the gate seems to know my name Everybody needs a refuge from the ordinary Everybody needs to breathe It’s a necessary dip into the unknown ocean It's a essential fantasy It’s a necessary dip into the unknown ocean It's a essential fantasy