The Dance

[Cass] The earth will bare constructed fangs against its prey The sunset paints it all a cold and disaffected grey And when it's soaked in red by distant hands we all just turn away No one gives a damn about the history, their eyes blur on the page, oh His soothing voice permits the violence done But when he comes for you, you turn your tail and run And now you're dancing to try to forget I can't accept this is as good as it gets, no As if the things I've done, the things I've said Could be so meaningless And all your tears in this malevolent rain Nothing changes in his childish game, no As his malignant chorus sings a song of pain We dance ourselves to death [Solo trade: Cass and Ahmed] [Solo: Ahmed] As the curtain falls the old are far too tired to pray The young will try until the years have burnt their faith away You can count the days ahead By the honours they deny the dead Ooooh as he dances in the red The living fall in line and bow their heads And there will be no one left to forget Cause you accept this is as good as it gets, oh And every thing you've done, each word you've said Was all so meaningless I've had enough of justifiable pain I'll raise my voice until they take everything, oh And when my time is done I'll take a bow in vain And dance myself to death [Lead: Ahmed]