Dancing in the Dark

The roads symbolize conflicts or challenges that are trivial or meaningless.

Youthful rebellion is expressed through carefree actions like stomping puddles.

Family connections are disrupted or altered, possibly reflecting societal changes.

A call for careful and deliberate actions in the face of challenges.

Financial preparations for death, suggesting a harsh reality.

Lack of enjoyment or pleasure in youth.

Showcasing and pretending with a loss of purpose or meaning.

Reference to losing a cause, possibly a social or personal struggle.

Expressing thoughts or experiences from a marginalized or overlooked perspective.

Emphasizing the act of writing as a form of expression or documentation.

Observation of a changing world, suggesting a dynamic environment.

The rules governing life or society are evolving or deviating.

Questioning the fear present in male siblings.

Noting the presence of hatred within male siblings.

Observing and acknowledging widespread suffering.

Reiterating the theme of pain.

Emphasizing the prevalence of pain.

Encouraging honesty about the true state of affairs.

Rejecting the facade that everything is fine.

Highlighting the suffering of a male sibling.

Symbolic reference to concealing pain with sunglasses.

Shared experiences of hardship among individuals, creating scars.

Observing pain as a pervasive aspect of the surroundings.

Reiterating the theme of widespread pain.

Chorus emphasizing the communal experience of enduring pain while dancing in the dark.

So much pain

Look around

We just take it as it comes

Were dancing in the dark

So much pain

My brother look around you

We just take it as it comes

Were dancing in the dark

So much pain

My sister look around you

We just take it as it comes

Were dancing in the dark

Starting the second verse.

Describing the presence of negative influences and limited choices in the community.

Demons undercover

Demons walk the corners

Puff your chest and raise your shoulders

Watch your six

The streets are rife with vultures

We've been set up with zero choices

Noting the scarcity of opportunities.

Encouraging transparency and honesty about the harsh realities.

Encouraging straightforward communication.

Acknowledging that many end up with lives different from their dreams.

Emphasizing the pursuit of excellence.

Sending negativity back to its source.

Reflecting on the breakdown of family and the harsh realities faced by individuals.

I've seen children turn to men

Ive seen men turn to God and needles

Direct experience of evil and hate.

Acknowledging personal knowledge of hate.

Describing the insidious nature of hate, treating others as kin.

Hate will call you brother

Hate will shake your hand

Encouraging awareness of one's surroundings.

Observing the prevalence of pain.

Highlighting the omnipresence of pain.

Reiterating the dominance of pain.

Chorus repeating the communal experience of enduring pain while dancing in the dark.

We just take it as it comes

Were dancing in the dark

So much pain

My brother look around you

We just take it as it comes

We're dancing in the dark

So much pain

My sister look around

We just take it as it comes

We're dancing in the dark

Final repetition of the act of dancing in the dark amid suffering.

We're dancing in the dark