I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Waiting for the queen to come
Waiting for her to show up
While out on the rocks all the ships
Were sinking we laughed as the dance began
Oh how we danced
At the lighthouse dance
Stepped outside took a look
Shook the sweat felt madly sad
I was dreaming of angels
I saw the ships sinking
But one pulled in
I asked the sea captain tell me where you've been
He turned his gaze into the days and he showed me this movie
Oh do you dance you serenader
Oh do you die you masquerader
Oh do you land you space invader
I could see the dance
Through the cracked window pane
Alice smiled at me I felt quite lame
The dance group played I can't recall their name
They played quite well but all their numbers sounded the same
Oh how we danced
At the lighthouse dance
We danced, I grooved, I sighed, I cried
Waiting for her to show up
While out on the rocks all the ships
Were sinking we laughed as the dance began
Oh how we danced
At the lighthouse dance
Stepped outside took a look
Shook the sweat felt madly sad
I was dreaming of angels
I saw the ships sinking
But one pulled in
I asked the sea captain tell me where you've been
He turned his gaze into the days and he showed me this movie
Oh do you dance you serenader
Oh do you die you masquerader
Oh do you land you space invader
I could see the dance
Through the cracked window pane
Alice smiled at me I felt quite lame
The dance group played I can't recall their name
They played quite well but all their numbers sounded the same
Oh how we danced
At the lighthouse dance
We danced, I grooved, I sighed, I cried
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At the Lighthouse Dance Lyrics as written by Le Maistre Malcolm
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