Every Time I Die

Off Broadway

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This isn't at all unpleasant. I'm enchanted by the lavish ballet, and I'll whistle the tune all the way to the gallows that I heard at the cabaret. At the sheriffs signal, the orchestra moves the floor. Don't it make you feel wonderful. Body twisting strictly ballroom. Criminally elegant, ideal postured viennese waltzer. I'm dressed to kill. I'm weightless and well rehearsed. In my godless opera my character is canonized. Unhand me. This is a musical and nothing goes wrong. Can't keep the classics out of the head of the masochists. Strike up the band. It's 245 beats for a measure or 5 beats per 6 steps on alternating feet. The show must go on. I don't feel at all like I thought I would, but I could probably go on like this forever. Tonight, we dance, for tomorrow they release the dogs. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. Keep it up. 1, 2, 3. Savor it. Where is my head? Where is my heart? Everything vanishes.

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ruben On Jul 05, 2003

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by johnrm617

17y ago

keith has said when performing this song live that it's about "the beauty of lying to yourself every day"

all the stuff about classical executions is correct, but it serves as a metaphor for the real meaning of the song. you can especially tell at the end when he says "where is my head? / where is my heart?" people put up such fronts in their lives that they lose sight of everything real

but it doesn't matter because keeping up appearances and investing in materialism and decadence can be consuming enough that leading an empty life can still be entertaining ("i'll whistle the tune all the way to the gallows...")