Simon Joyner - The Lousy Dance Lyrics

The raven is tangled in branches of fireYour hero was strangled on the perch of desireAnd we must now choose to either act or retireOr leave it up to chanceDancing the lousy danceThe leaves of twilight now lay with the rootsThe naked heart exploded along with the fruitToo ripe, too heavy, let go and cut looseTo spill into the sandDancing the lousy danceDancing the lousy danceAlways dancing the lousy danceOne body drops off where another beginsWhen you're dancing the lousy danceYour body is burned like so many othersWhere memory has learned to empty its mirrorsAnd I try to sit still while everything hoversOr rains into my handsDancing the lousy danceDancing the lousy danceAlways dancing the lousy danceYou pirouette and I'll sit here and spinWe're dancing the lousy dance