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  1. The Dance

From the recording Spin Spin Dizzy

Lyrics

THE DANCE
by Al Rose © 2016 Wheel See Music (ASCAP)

The dance is commencing / Transparent and bare
The butchers are cutting the orchestra’s hair
I’m side step believing about half what I heard
It’s all fragments and circles and curious words
I bundled my courage and hid in the rushes
I lifted up higher what couldn’t be trusted
I stood on the edge of an elegant razor
You handled the blade with angelic grace

You found my heart broken and you forced your way in
You pulled up a chair and declared me a friend
You tended the stubborn that couldn’t be bent
You mended the fence and defended the mend

I come to the water so stupid and thirsty
I gather up cups and I try not to hurry
I take every drop with discretion and care
Even when that don’t matter I still lay myself bare
And all through the chaos you never withdrew
You taped up the tears and you bandaged the wound
You sent away fire / You didn’t let it come in
You stared down the tanks until peace trickled in

I once was immune
Now I catch every cold
I battered my system and bullied my soul
I avoided disease through denial and rage
I once was immune
Now I catch every plague

Returning from battle and weather permitting
I’ll gather up rivers and keep the plates spinning
And bestow all the flowing to relevant oceans
Where best kept endeavors deliver the omens
And all through the chaos you never withdrew
You taped up the tears and you bandaged the wound
You sent away fire / You didn’t let it come in
You stared down the tanks until peace trickled in