He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Grown up, she just turned sixteen
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
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Dance Hall Drug Lyrics as written by Martin Johnson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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i get the bit when it says 'this is the life that you wanted right?' so much. It's like if you think that if you go out and get wasted or whatever and party you will be cool, and then you get it and you just don't get that this is the life you wanted/