Disco For One
Solitude's Disco: A Dance of Unseen Echoes
Lyrics
At the party, know the ones where you don’t go
Refers to parties the narrator avoids
All the people and the friends that you don’t know
Unknown people and friends at those parties
People talking, saying maybe he’s gone solo
Rumors about the narrator going solo
So low, he’s got nowhere to go
Feeling isolated with nowhere to go
Knock knock?
Playful dialogue, offering a gift at the party
Who's there
-Me again
-I know I'm not on the event but I brought you a bottle of blossom hill
-The disco ball makes it the same colour as your hair
-I always said to my mate that your hair reminds me of macchiatos
-No, no, he's not coming, don't worry
-1 2, skip a few
Observations about the party attendees, art school references
99 attending
-Just pretend I'm not here
-I’ll diffuse like a guff
-Dispersing clumps of art school fluff
-Crooks
-In bondage trousers
-Painting petrol shop flowers
-They've read books!
-Yeah, well
-I’ve tried, I’ve tried
Expressing difficulty dancing alone, seeking companionship
I just can’t keep dancing to
-This disco for one
-I just want someone to show it to
-I’ve tried, I’ve tried
-I just can’t keep dancing to
-This disco for one
-I just want someone to show it to
-I'm a fly in the ointment
Metaphors describing the narrator's disruptive presence
I'm a dentist appointment
-I'm a buoy, I'm an iceberg
-Just buoyant, I bluff:
-The rough outweighs the groove
-I spill my mug of rum and juice
-Onto art school shoes
-They've read books!
-Yeah well, I've read books too...
-If you were a supermarket,
Expressing frustration with a hypothetical situation
I'd throw a violent tantrum in the milk aisle
-Cos at least then you'd have a reason to cry
-For me
-Would you like to do the moonwalk with me?
Invitation to dance, admiration for moonwalking
I always told him I imagine you do the moonwalk so well
-Can I take you home?
Asking to take someone home to play chess or show a CV
To play chess
-Can I take you home?
-To show you my CV?
-From the dead of day
Transitioning from day to night, uncertain feelings
To the night's last breath
-Like we would, if...
-Like we would, if…
-I’ve tried, I’ve tried
Repetition of the narrator's struggle to dance alone
I just can’t keep dancing to
-This disco for one
-I just want someone to show it to
-(At the party, know the ones where you don’t go
-All the people and the friends that you don’t know
-People talking, saying maybe he’s gone solo
-So low, he’s got nowhere to go)
-I’ve tried, I’ve tried
Continued desire for someone to share the disco with
I just can’t keep dancing to
-This disco for one
-I just want someone to show it to
-(I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried)
Repetition emphasizing the narrator's persistent attempts
I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried
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