How'd I arrive in a place like this?
Red right hand as the alligator kiss
My head turns white and my face is green
But my feet are still moving if you know what I mean
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Let's go
He says to me to shake around
And don't stop until you hit the the ground
And I know it is not how you thought it would be
No whips, no chains, just dancing, dancing, dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
All right
Red right hand as the alligator kiss
My head turns white and my face is green
But my feet are still moving if you know what I mean
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Let's go
He says to me to shake around
And don't stop until you hit the the ground
And I know it is not how you thought it would be
No whips, no chains, just dancing, dancing, dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Satan, Satan, Satan
Said dance!
All right
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"Red right hand as the alligator kiss"
I also get the sense that it's the promise of a job, promotion, or any goal, etc. being a product of the devil. And that the work for it never ends.
The only way you can stop dancing is to stop playing. How zen.
I can't really find any symbolism/meaning for alligators kissing though..the closest answer seemed to be on yahoo answers in reference to a hickey haha.
A poem in the city archives explains what happened: “In their madness, people kept up their dancing until they fell unconscious and many died.” The city councils decided the dancers were suffering from holy wrath, they opted for a period of enforced penance and banned music and dancing in public. Finally, the dancers were taken to a shrine dedicated to St Vitus, located in a musty grotto in the hills above the nearby town of Saverne, where their bloodied feet were placed into red shoes and they were led around a wooden figurine of the saint. In the following weeks, say the chronicles, most ceased their wild movements. The epidemic had come to an end.
Anyway, this is a great song, despite unabashadly ripping off Talking Heads more even than any of their previous songs, and that's saying a lot.
Maybe it's about nutty Christians thinking rock 'n roll is the devil's music. It's pretty funny, and fun to dance around to too!
I love the humour (No whips & chains...) and sing-a-long qualities of the song, but must admit that it is not one of my favourites of CYHSY. Mainly because of the ‘Praise to Satan’ feel of the song...
No whips, no chains, just dancingX1937235959327
And don't stop till you hit the ground