In his introduction to the Soft Black Stars piano & vocal transcription, David Tibet says:

“‘A Gothic Love Song (for N.)’ was written for – nobody: ‘N.’ stood for ‘Nobody’. But it did pull together traits from various people I knew – including myself – and it includes one emphatic, and obscene, pun.”

The lyrics themselves prominently feature the subcultural tropes likely familiar to David Tibet during his teenage years. “A Gothic Love Song” has a sarcastic bite, and endlessly mocks the imagined stereotype of N. In the end, Tibet seems to declare the song as simply a way to both commemorate the past, and “shut out your face”.

According to Michael Cashmore the music ‘A Gothic Love Song (For N.)’ was originally composed for a Nature and Organization album titled ‘A Dozen Winters of Loneliness’