This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You must have been a dance commander
Giving out the order for fun
You must have been a dance commander
You know that he's the only one
Who gives the orders here?
Alright
Who gives the orders here?
Alright
It would be awesome
If we could dance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's take the chance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's start the show
Because you never know
You never know
You never know
Until you go
Alright
Alright
Who gives the orders here?
Who gives the orders here?
The lights are strong
The orders are in
The dance commanders are ready to sin
Radio message from HQ
Dance commander, we love you
Let's get this party started right y'all
Let's get this party started right
I went to the store to get more fire!
To start the war
Everybody in the store was whack
I feel like heading straight for a heart attack
Girls are pretty
Girls are nice
Take your chances
Roll the dice
Take your chances
It would be awesome
If we could dance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's take the chance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's start the show
Because you never know
You never know
You never know
Until you go
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
Oh, baby
Alright
Alright
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
Come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on
Giving out the order for fun
You must have been a dance commander
You know that he's the only one
Who gives the orders here?
Alright
Who gives the orders here?
Alright
It would be awesome
If we could dance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's take the chance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's start the show
Because you never know
You never know
You never know
Until you go
Alright
Alright
Who gives the orders here?
Who gives the orders here?
The lights are strong
The orders are in
The dance commanders are ready to sin
Radio message from HQ
Dance commander, we love you
Let's get this party started right y'all
Let's get this party started right
I went to the store to get more fire!
To start the war
Everybody in the store was whack
I feel like heading straight for a heart attack
Girls are pretty
Girls are nice
Take your chances
Roll the dice
Take your chances
It would be awesome
If we could dance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's take the chance
It would be awesome, yeah
Let's start the show
Because you never know
You never know
You never know
Until you go
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
I want to make it last forever
Oh, baby
Alright
Alright
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
You must have been a dance commander
Come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on
Lyrics submitted by uncle_fe_fe, edited by KitchenerL, LaSeandre
Dance Commander Lyrics as written by Cory Martin Anthony Selph
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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i love it when dick says ALRIGHT!!!
just a party song, but damn, if it isn't the best.
love the subtle explosion at the end of the second chorus.
Dick Valentine has spoken. This song... is about absolutely nothing!
And I love it!!!
"Who gives the orders here?"
I didn't really interpret that as a question per se, due to "You now that I'm the only one...."
Why dons't Uncle fe fe try listening to the lyrics before entering them in?
i love the remix by benny benassi
I thought it was "you must obey the dance commander"
Yeah alot of the lyrics are fucked up. Amazing song
holy feggin' shite! wonderful
I think that it is "obey the dance commander"
That makes more sense.
the line is "you must obey the dance commander"