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Dance, Dance (Demo)
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Lyrics for Dance, Dance (Demo) as interpreted by drtomoe123

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She says she's no good with words but I'm worse
Barely stuttered out
"A joke of a romantic" or stuck to my tongue
Weighed down with words too over-dramatic
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like.."

I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I'll write them
So you need them just to get by

We will own your thoughts
We'll own the song stuck in your head
We'll leave you kicking and screaming
So you can thank us in the end

Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you'd love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me

(I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me)

You always fold just before you're found out
Drink up its last call
Last resort
But only the first mistake and I...

I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I'll write them
So you need them just to get by

Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress, love

Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you'd love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me

Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress
I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me

Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance

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Anord
02-22-2006

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I heard this version before the one that gets played on the radio, and I have to say, I like it a LOT more. It just sounds darker, more desperate, I probably wouldn't have paid much attention to the other, but this one just GRABS you.

I have a different interpretation from any others I've seen. I don't think the speaker was ever in a relationship with this girl; it sounds like he wants her, but she's already in a relationship. She's given him some signs of wanting him back, but every time she's about to act on it, she loses her nerve. ("You always fold just before you're found out.") They interact with one another on a superficial basis, which I think because of lines like 'She says she's no good with words, but I'm worse-' they've never done anything but talk to one another, but neither is really confident with that, and they never say anything but cliche lines. The repetition of 'dance, dance' in the chorus seems to fit this as well- Just dance, imagine how you'd like your life to be if you were free to have it how you wanted.

The line, "Why don't you show me the little bit of spine you've been saving for his mattress, love?" is one of my favorites- Just listen to the way he says 'love,' he's challanging her. Then there's "I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me." It sounds like she's passive, she doesn't take action, and he's telling her, you need to decide what you're going to do. Act. Take what YOU want, for once, instead of letting yourself get pushed around. BUT he's miserable because of things outside of the situation, and maybe she's acting sympathetic, but because she's 'no good with words,' her sympathy doesn't carry much meaning, and nothing she does will, unless she finally takes action, and, well, crawls into bed with him.