Lyrics
You up and ran from me
The person left abruptly
Didn't understand my dreams
They didn't comprehend the singer's aspirations
I'm from a gang of thieves
The singer comes from a group involved in illicit activities
I know when someone that I know just cannot handle me
Recognizes when someone can't handle their personality
You led this fantasy
The person led the singer into a fantasy
You said you'd dance with me
Promised to dance together
Until you took me to the devils lair & ran from me
They went to a dangerous place but the person fled
You up and ran from me
Repetition of abrupt departure
Didn't understand me please
Request to understand the singer
I'm from a gang of thieves
Reiteration of the singer's background
I've seen the guns the drugs & I have loved romantically
Singer has experienced the darker side of life but also romantic love
I hold the heart of the whole world inside my hand it beats
Symbolic possession of immense power/emotion
While we dance dance dance everybody gets shot
Dancing amidst danger, where everyone faces consequences
So why do we dance dance dance while everybody gets shot
Questioning the rationale behind dancing in perilous situations
I don't know why we have been
Confusion about why stories are kept hidden
Keeping stories in
Reference to undisclosed narratives despite loss
When so many are gone
Mentioning the absence of many
And we, we all just want some love
Desire for love amid chaos
Cause everybody knows that we could die tonight
Acknowledgment of mortality, urging to conceal risky things
And hide, the drugs and guns and love
Witnessed the transformation of things when emotions fade
I saw what they become
Observation of changes in people when feelings diminish
When feelings start to fade
Reiteration of the longing for love in tumultuous times
And we, we all just want some love
Acceptance of inevitable change
Cause everybody knows that everything must change
Repetition emphasizing the risk in dancing amidst danger
Dance, dance, dance everybody gets shot
Reiteration of the danger in dancing
Dance, dance, dance everybody gets shot
Repeating the idea of danger during dancing
In a midnight town, in a midnight town
Reference to a mysterious, possibly dangerous place
Do you wonder where I go
Question about the whereabouts of the singer
To make time slow down
Seeking to slow down time in a particular place
Cause I wonder where your mind goes
Curiosity about the thoughts of the person
Where the time goes when I'm not around
Questioning the disappearance of time in absence
Who says that we should die
Rhetorical question challenging the notion of death
Would you die
Asking if the person would sacrifice themselves
Would you die for me would you die
Pleading to stay alive
Stay alive, stay alive
Repetition, urging to survive
Stay alive for me stay alive
Request to stay alive for the singer
In a midnight town, in a midnight town
Reference to a mysterious, possibly dangerous place (repeated)
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