Haunting and unsettling, this ballad has been accused of romanticizing lovers’ suicide pacts, but the band has always maintained it is about the power of love to conquer even death. Either way, the song’s themes and that classic, instantly-recognizable guitar riff at the beginning of the song make it unmistakeable and immemorial.

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