Here I stand, helpless and left for dead
Close your eyes, so many days go by
Easy to find what's wrong
Harder to find what's right

I believe in you, I can show you that
I can see right through all your empty lies
I won't stay long, in this world so wrong

Say goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight

Trembling, crawling across my skin
Feeling your cold dead eyes
Stealing the life of mine

I believe in you, I can show you that
I can see right through all your empty lies
I won't last long, in this world so wrong

Say goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight

Hold on, hold on

Say goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight

Hold on, hold on

Goodbye


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Dance with the Devil Lyrics as written by Mark James Klepaski Benjamin Burnley

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    If you've read my other comments you'll see that they all involve a girl and how the relationship isnt working but the boy wants it to.

    anyway this for me is another boy and girl relationship.

    "Here I stand, helpless and left for dead. Close your eyes. So many days go by. Easy to find whats wrong. Harder to find whats right."

    The boy is realising his place in his love's life. "close your eyes" he is telling her not to look at him in this state. He then tells her that the relationship is going on but he is finding reasons why they SHOULDN'T be together and even though he's looking he cant find reasons to stay with her.

    "I believe in you. I can show you that I can see right through, all your empty lies. I wont stay long in this world so wrong."

    He tells her that he believes she loves him. although he tells her he can prove he knows when she's lying to him. He wont stay much longer in her life if she is going to treat him with such disregard.

    "Say goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight. Don't you dare look at him in the eye. As we dance with the devil tonight."

    Now he is telling her she might aswell say goodbye to him now as the things he is gonna tell her arent gonna be things she'll be able to excuse. "dont you dare look at him in the eye" is him saying dont you dare look me in the eye and lie again.

    "Trembling, crawling across my skin Feeling your cold, dead eyes Stealing the life of mine"

    Then he describes what she is doing. she is crying and holding onto him, her eyes show no life anymore and because of this guilt he starts to give his life to her again.

    and the rest is pretty much along the same lines. so there you go there's my life.

    First_Aid...anon September 30, 2008   Link

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