Life is sweet in the belly of the beast
In the belly of the beast
And with her song in your heart
It can never bring you down
It can never bring you down

Lost in a maze of a thousand rainy days
Of a thousand rainy days
But when I heard her voice
Oh, it led me to the end
Yes, it led me to the end

'Cause when she sings I hear a symphony
And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me
I'm renewed
Oh, how I feel alive
And through autumn's advancing
We'll stay young, go dancing

As the music plays
Feel our bodies' sway
When we move as one
We stay young
(Go dancing)

Life is sweet in the belly of the beast
In the belly of the beast
And with her song in your heart
It can never bring you down
It can never bring you down

'Cause when she sings I hear a symphony
And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me
I'm renewed
Oh, how I feel alive
And through winter's advancing
We'll stay young, go dancing
Stay young, go dancing
Stay young, go dancing


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Stay Young, Go Dancing Lyrics as written by Benjamin Gibbard

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    Great ending to the album.

    This song has an ironic and bittersweet feel for me. Somewhat like falling for someone else when you're in a jaded relationship. You get that good feeling of being attracted to someone, which is magnified because of the state of the current relationship you're in. You're in a high from your infatuation but you're giving up something real, although, unromantic. The high gives a feeling of being wanted, being interesting, being young.

    Although her song gives a renewed feeling, there is still an impending winter which the writer looks to evade or deny. "'Cause when she sings I hear a symphony And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me I'm renewed, oh how I feel like Though autumn(/winter)'s advancing, we'll stay young, go dancing"

    It also speaks of her voice/song saving him from the belly of the beast, and from being down and from a thousand rainy days. I think the writer speaks of the girl as someone who breaks his routine and gives a new perspective on a bleak and cyclic routine.

    ricdsneakon May 30, 2011   Link

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