In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Oh, I got a live one here
Haha, haha, haha
Haha, haha, haha
Ooh hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Get the funk up
Batman
Get the funk up
Batman
Get the funk up
(Go, go, go with a smile)
Bat dance
Do it
Keep bustin'
(Do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (do, do)
Batman
Batman
I've seen the future and it will be
Batman (house, do it, house)
(And where, and where, is the Batman?)
Let's do it
Let's do it
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
(Stop the press)
(Stop the press, who is that?)
(Vicky Vale)
(Vicky Vale)
(I like)
Batman, Batman, Batman
(Oh, that's)
(Hi, Bruce Wayne)
(I've tried to avoid all this, but I can't)
(I just gotta know)
(Are we gonna try to love each other?)
(Stop the press, who is that?)
(Vicky Vale)
(She's great, isn't she?)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I want to bust that body
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
I want to bust that body right (I'd like to)
Oh yeah, oh yeah (but he's out there right now)
I want to bust that body
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Tonight
Well, Miss Vale
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
I always ask that of all my prey
I just like the sound of it
(I've got to go to work)
Batman
(I've got to go to work)
Batman
If a man is considered guilty (work, work)
For what goes on in his mind (work, work)
Then gimme the electric chair
For all my future crimes, oh
(Work)
(Work) Electric chair, oh, ooh
Hey Ducky
Let me stick the 7-inch in the computer
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha
Hey, we got the power
Oh, we got the soul
Hey, we got to sho'nuff get off
To make the devil go, go
Ow (This town needs an enema)
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you) (Let's do it)
Soul
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you)
Soul (Let's do it)
(I'm Batman)
Batman
Don't stop dancin'
(I'm Batman)
Batman
(Don't stop dancin')
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
Batman
Batman
Batman
(Don't stop)
(Don't stop) (Let's do it)
(Don't stop dancin')
Let's do it (Batman)
Let's do it
(Don't stop dancin')
Bat-Bat
(Batman) (Don't stop dancin')
(No, damn it, turn the music back up)
(You son of a bitch)
(Have you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?)
Who's gonna stop 200 balloons?
Nobody
(Haha, haha, haha, haha, haha)
Batman
Stop
Haha, haha, haha
Haha, haha, haha
Ooh hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Get the funk up
Batman
Get the funk up
Batman
Get the funk up
(Go, go, go with a smile)
Bat dance
Do it
Keep bustin'
(Do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (do, do)
Batman
Batman
I've seen the future and it will be
Batman (house, do it, house)
(And where, and where, is the Batman?)
Let's do it
Let's do it
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
(Stop the press)
(Stop the press, who is that?)
(Vicky Vale)
(Vicky Vale)
(I like)
Batman, Batman, Batman
(Oh, that's)
(Hi, Bruce Wayne)
(I've tried to avoid all this, but I can't)
(I just gotta know)
(Are we gonna try to love each other?)
(Stop the press, who is that?)
(Vicky Vale)
(She's great, isn't she?)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I want to bust that body
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
I want to bust that body right (I'd like to)
Oh yeah, oh yeah (but he's out there right now)
I want to bust that body
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Tonight
Well, Miss Vale
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
I always ask that of all my prey
I just like the sound of it
(I've got to go to work)
Batman
(I've got to go to work)
Batman
If a man is considered guilty (work, work)
For what goes on in his mind (work, work)
Then gimme the electric chair
For all my future crimes, oh
(Work)
(Work) Electric chair, oh, ooh
Hey Ducky
Let me stick the 7-inch in the computer
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha
Hey, we got the power
Oh, we got the soul
Hey, we got to sho'nuff get off
To make the devil go, go
Ow (This town needs an enema)
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you) (Let's do it)
Soul
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you)
Soul (Let's do it)
(I'm Batman)
Batman
Don't stop dancin'
(I'm Batman)
Batman
(Don't stop dancin')
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
Batman
Batman
Batman
(Don't stop)
(Don't stop) (Let's do it)
(Don't stop dancin')
Let's do it (Batman)
Let's do it
(Don't stop dancin')
Bat-Bat
(Batman) (Don't stop dancin')
(No, damn it, turn the music back up)
(You son of a bitch)
(Have you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?)
Who's gonna stop 200 balloons?
Nobody
(Haha, haha, haha, haha, haha)
Batman
Stop
Lyrics submitted by division2ronin
Batdance Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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