First Blood by LVCRFT

“First Blood” is LVCRFT’s dark vampire love song from the 2019 debut album This Is Halloween Volume 1. It’s about a love so hungry that one taste is all it takes.

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What it sounds like

A midtempo 92 BPM dark synth-pop track with a retro, after-midnight feel in the vein of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall,” built on synth, bass, drums and percussion under a moody, anthemic lead vocal from DeepKutz. The hook “just a taste of first blood” hits like a chant.

What it’s about

Vampire romance. Every time the lovers tangle up, first blood falls. They drink each other’s tears and poison, lie together until they don’t wake up, and when morning comes they turn to dust.

The story behind the song

In 2026 the song came back from the dead as “First Blood: Gale’s Requiem,” rewritten and re-produced for Graceful Gale at The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, sung by Scary Ana Grande as Gale. The new version tells Gale’s story with Dr. Edwin Masters, the surgeon aboard The Queen Mary. It was first heard in a secret performance at Dark Masquerade, then rose again for Dark Harbor 2026: Fear Lives Here.

The music video was filmed in the boiler room of The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, directed and edited by Vice Cooler.

“First Blood: Gale’s Requiem,” Graceful Gale’s official music video from The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor

Song facts

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First Blood lyrics

First blood falls every time we tangle up
Drain my heart never gonna be enough
Love my dark shadows underneath the sheets
Phantom parts don’t know what you want from me (what you want from me)

Every drop hits my tongue
Just a taste of first blood
And I’m done
(Ohohoh just a taste of first blood)
Just a taste of first blood
Every drop hits my tongue
Just a taste of first blood
And I’m done
(Oohoh first blood)

Take my tears drink them with your poison pills
Kiss my fears give me all your wicked chills
Lay with me sleep until we don’t wake up
Buried deep morning comes and then we’re dust
(then we’re dust, then we’re dust)

Just a taste of first blood
Every drop hits my tongue
Just a taste of first blood
And I’m done
(Ohohoh just a taste of first blood)
Just a taste of first blood
Every drop hits my tongue
Just a taste of first blood
And I’m done
(Ohohoh just a taste of first blood)

(Just a taste of first blood)
(Just a taste of first blood)
(Just a taste of first blood)
(Just a taste of first blood)

Lyrics © LVCRFT / Spooky Never Sleeps. Shared by the songwriters.

First Blood FAQ

Who sings “First Blood”?

LVCRFT, with DeepKutz on lead vocals. It’s on the 2019 album This Is Halloween Volume 1 and the Deadly Valentine EP.

Who wrote “First Blood”?

Justin Gray, Amanda “MNDR” Warner and Evan “Kidd” Bogart. It was produced by Count Trackula.

What is “First Blood: Gale’s Requiem”?

A 2026 rewrite of “First Blood” made for Graceful Gale at The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, sung by Scary Ana Grande as Gale, telling her story with Dr. Edwin Masters, the ship’s surgeon.

Where have I heard “First Blood”?

You might have heard it in a Fruit by the Foot TikTok campaign.

Keep listening: LVCRFT Essentials and the Halloween Music FAQ.