Dead men
They celebrate
As the final chapter fades away
'Cause they can't hide
We can see their flesh is rotten

The band plays a hopeful tune
The champagne is poured
As they socialize
The look in their eyes
Hide in the light

Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves

Bones covered up by suit
As the visible scars
They multiply
Kiss it good bye
Too stubborn and I'll destroy

Tick, tock
The time bomb has been
Recognized and pressurized
Nowhere to hide
Swallowing light

Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves

Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change

(background chatter & guitar solo)
Why'd you have to go ...
You told me that's all that you know ...
Oh what a mighty fall ...
Yeah

Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin in their graves

Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change

Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change

Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change


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Dancing Dead Lyrics as written by Brian Haner Zachary Baker

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    I'd have to say this song is pretty clearly a political one. The dead dancing in their graves are the people who have built this world, and now they're all laughing at us because we've continuously let them take advantage of us. They "hide in the light" because it's best to hide in plain sight. They pretend to be good and have good intentions for us, when all they really care about is money and power and keeping that power. The same families that founded this country have always held power. They've never lost this power. Families have cycled the role of "president", but they've all been in Congress and such forever. We keep telling them what we want, but they don't want to change it because it would affect their grip on us. I think the time bomb he refers to is the revolution that is going to sweep this nation. Hopefully eventually we'll all wake up and realize that the only way to change the way this world works is to stand up in unison and fight the evil. Remember that there are more of us than there are of them, and there is strength in numbers. They control us by fear, but it is they who are afraid of us, and if we ever learned out true potential.

    loudchildon July 08, 2010   Link

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