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Skeleton waltz
skeleton waltz
dance with me,
and give me your faults.
Hide your skin
never let me in
except to lay bones bare,
hand on hips
dirt on lips
to dance a waltz with me.
Skeleton waltz
skeleton waltz
take my hand,
till the music halts.
Truth in lies
blood in ties
I bled it all for you,
Learn the steps
of an epitaph
and dip me to the grave.
Skeleton waltz
skeleton waltz
twirl me ‘round,
Till I can’t tell what’s false.
Dig in doubt
a longing drought
this inevitable decay,
of mottled leaves
deaf elegies
A tune that’s never swayed.
I have only sockets to see
what you’ve done to me
which really is nothing at all,
You made a promise
but loving’s dishonest
we could’ve burned the world anew.
So why are we the ones burning
to a skeleton waltz,
a skeleton waltz,
of all I’ll ever be to you.