Lyric discussion by Gadgety 

Cover art for No Dancing lyrics by Elvis Costello

Dancing = Sex. Scenes from a relationship falling apart, but they don't break up. She's embarrased him in front of others, resulting in no sex when they get home. Communication breakdown in a couple, "She can't even speak to him He can't face her now." Potentially there's violence there "he's not insane it's just that everybody has to feel his pain." I hear the same theme in as in "Possession" from "Get Happy" only there the storyteller leaves the relationship "I'll get out before the violence, or the tears or the silence."