This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
We are the lucky ones
We shine like a thousand suns
When all of the color runs together
I'll keep you company
In one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light
Time dancers whirling past
I gaze through the looking glass
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven
Sacred geometry
Where movement is poetry
Visions of you and me forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light
Dance me into the night
Underneath the full moon shining so bright
Let the dark waltz begin
Oh let me wheel, let me spin
Let it take me again
Turning me into the light
We shine like a thousand suns
When all of the color runs together
I'll keep you company
In one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light
Time dancers whirling past
I gaze through the looking glass
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven
Sacred geometry
Where movement is poetry
Visions of you and me forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light
Dance me into the night
Underneath the full moon shining so bright
Let the dark waltz begin
Oh let me wheel, let me spin
Let it take me again
Turning me into the light
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Dark Waltz Lyrics as written by Umberto Morasca Matteo Saggese
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Actually, I'm always thinking that this song is more about vampires than anything else when I hear it. Makes me think of a Castlevania movie or the like.
"We are the lucky ones We shine like a thousand suns When all the colors run together"
Kind of hints at the whole immortality mind set. Also, it brings the idea of seduction through imagery.
"I'll keep you company In one glorious harmony Waltzing with destiny forever"
Again, this brings to mind the idea of seduction and immortality, as if things are never going to end.
"Dance me into the night Underneath the full moon shining so bright Turning me into the light"
More than anything, this is what makes me think of a vampiristic nature in the song. The notion of dancing in the night underneath a full moon is the biggest reasoning for my thoughts when hearing the song. The full moon not only signifies the idea that the "Dark Waltz" is something attractive, but oddly sinister as well.
"Time dances whirling past I gaze through the looking glass And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven"
Another part of the song which makes me heavily lean towards a vampiristic nature in the song. The never ending passing of time and the inability, no matter how hard you try, to reach Heaven suggests an undead state.
"Sacred geometry Where movement is poetry Visions of you and me forever"
This is more a reference to the movements of the dance, but the latter part hints once again at immortality or a never ending state.
"Dance me into the night Underneath the full moon shining so bright Let the dark waltz begin Oh let me wheel - let me spin Let it take me again Turning me into the light"
All in all, I believe the song to lean at something sinister yet attractive at the same time. I'm not into the whole "vampire scene", whatever it is called, but that is the vision I get when I listen to the song.
I think of a person's love who has been turned into a vampire, without their knowledge, and they stumble upon them in a ballroom. Not knowing what has happened, the person embraces their love, who begins to sing this song seductively, almost as a hint, and they begin to dance. At the end, they are both now vampires.