One Dance
Dancing Shadows of Intimacy: Eliana Rodarte's Spiraling Tale
Lyrics
This is coming together
Coming together amidst a simultaneous falling apart
Yet falling apart
Contradictory elements of unity and disintegration
Through the mirror
Reflection through a mirror
The satin stares back
Seeing oneself represented in a reflective surface
And I hesitate
Feeling unsure or pausing momentarily
But I apply the red lip
Applying red lipstick
And the room glows red
Creating an atmosphere where red dominates
It's coming from deep within me
Sensations originating deeply within oneself
It seems to emanate
Seeming to radiate outward
From my eyes
Manifesting from one's eyes
And out of reach
Being unattainable or out of grasp
Interlocked in mine
Hands intertwined with another person's
Your hands are cold
Feeling of coldness in the other's hands
Dying from laughing
Experiencing laughter to the point of physical decline
You stepped on my toes
Accidental harm caused by another's actions
Heartbeat in my ear
Feeling the rhythm of a heartbeat in one's ear
I close my eyes
Shutting off visual senses
A spinning thread of glass
Perception of a swirling, fragile connection
Just one dance
Desire for just a single dance
Just one dance
Repetition of the desire for a singular dance
Spiraling steps
Steps moving in a spiral
(Stepping into the hall)
Entering a hall or space
Lonely clicks
Lonely or solitary sounds of clicking
(Ricochet, lonely)
Echos of solitude bouncing off
Waited waited
Patience or anticipation until a flame extinguishes
(Til the fire gave out)
Waiting until something fades away
Music swells
Intensification of music
(A wave of grimaces)
A surge of unpleasant facial expressions
Not one yours
Not even one expression belonging to the person
(I'm spiraling, to the surface)
Feeling a spiral upwards toward the surface
Interlocked in mine
Hands intertwined with another person's (repeated)
Your hands are cold
Feeling of coldness in the other's hands (repeated)
Dying from laughing
Experiencing laughter to the point of physical decline (repeated)
You stepped on my toes
Accidental harm caused by another's actions (repeated)
Heartbeat in my ear
Feeling the rhythm of a heartbeat in one's ear (repeated)
I close my eyes
Shutting off visual senses (repeated)
A spinning thread of glass
Perception of a swirling, fragile connection (repeated)
Just one dance
Desire for just a single dance (repeated)
Just one dance
Repetition of the desire for a singular dance (repeated)
Just one dance
Reiteration of the longing for one dance
Just one dance
Reaffirmation of the wish for a singular dance
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