This is the full album version which was shortened for radio and television play.
Jim Steinman said in an interview with Playbill about the inclusion of the song in his 1997 musical Dance of the Vampires:
"with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark..."
Here's the full lyrics:
[Verse 1]
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
[Verse 2]
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit angry
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
[Refrain]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
[Chorus]
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
[Post-Chorus]
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
[Instrumental Interlude]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
[Verse 3]
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know you'll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around)
But every now and then
I know you'll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
[Refrain]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
[Chorus]
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do
I'm always in the dark
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
[Post-Chorus]
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
[Outro]
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)
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His hand comes to rest against her cheek, his lips forming into a frown. 'She's so cold, already.' He thinks to himself.
Her body lay so still, her skin so pale in death. Devoid of any hint that would suggest just mere hours ago she was still breathing.
His eyes look over her face, the face he had come to love - he had allowed himself to love. Her dark auburn hair laid gently over her shoulders, her eyes closed as if she were sleeping. He had done the best he could to clean any blood from her; such a devine woman deserved to be taken care of, after all.
"Oh, my love," His voice is barely a whisper as he leans in to place a kiss to her temple. "My dearest Lucille."
He licks his lips, trying to find the words every fiber of his body has been yearning to tell her from the moment he first saw her in that pub.
"As I sit here with you, the moon casting its gentle glow upon your delicate form, I am filled with a love so profound, it transcends the very boundaries of my existence. My heart resonates with a passion that burns more fiercely than the fieriest of suns - for you. You, my beloved Lucille, you are the reason for my enduring existence, the only solace in my eternal night.
I remember the moment our paths first crossed clearer than any other day, the sweet scent of your blood, the vulnerability of your humanity. It was in that instant that my cold, undead heart thawed, and I was entranced by the warmth that radiated from your soul. In you, I have found a love so pure, it has eclipsed the centuries of darkness I had endured before you.
I have witnessed kingdoms rise and fall, seen the world change in ways unimaginable to most, but it is you, and only you, who has given my life meaning. You are the dawn after the longest of nights, the salvation to my damned existence. I would give up eternity, gladly embrace oblivion, just to see your smile, to hear your laughter, to hold you close for the rest of my eternal life.
I am aware of the path you now tread, the transition that binds us together, making you one of us. And yet, it breaks my heart, Lucille, to see you go through this. I would give anything to spare you the pain, but I cannot, for this is the price of my love, and the curse of my affection.
In this cruel twist of fate, my love, I am both your salvation and your tormentor. I love you more than life itself, but I cannot bear to see you suffer. I would trade my immortality to set you free, to let you live a normal life, bathed in the warmth of the sun, without the eternal thirst that will now consume you.
But I know, my love, that you have made your choice. You chose me, as I chose you, and together, we are bound by a love that defies the boundaries of time and death. I will stand by your side, even as the darkness within you grows. I will love you until the very end, my darling, and beyond. For you are everything holy to me, my eternal light in a world shrouded in shadows.
So, my dearest, know that my love for you is both a blessing and a curse, a gift and a burden, but it is the most profound truth of my existence. I love you with a passion that transcends the ages, and I will cherish every moment we have together, even as I dread the day when you will no longer be the light in my dark, immortal world."
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