[INTRO]
"The final lesson. The one they don't teach in the beginning. No one leaves. That's the lesson. That's the truth. That's the thing that makes the ballroom a ballroom and not just a room with a floor."
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[VERSE 1 — SPOKEN]
"You came here thinking you could leave. Thinking the doors would open. You were wrong. The doors don't open. The music doesn't stop. The night doesn't end. The ballroom is a promise. The promise that you will dance until you can't. And then you'll dance some more."
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[HOOK — SUNG]
NO ONE LEAVES. NO ONE LEAVES.
THE DANCE IS THE ONLY THING YOU BELIEVE.
ONE TWO THREE. ONE TWO THREE.
THIS IS THE WALTZ. THIS IS ME.
NO ONE LEAVES. NO ONE GOES.
THE BALLROOM IS THE ONLY THING THAT GROWS.
ONE TWO THREE. ONE TWO THREE.
NOW DANCE. NOW BLEED. NOW DANCE FOR ME.
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[VERSE 2 — SPOKEN]
"I've been here forever. Not because I wanted to. Because I couldn't leave. Because the dance caught me. Because the music held me. Now I teach. Now I show others what it means to be held by the dance. Not trapped. Held."
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[BRIDGE — SPOKEN]
"They ask me if I'm lonely. If I miss the world outside. I don't. The doors are not doors. They're walls. The ballroom is not a room. It's a world. And you are not a dancer. You are the dance. You've always been the dance."
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[VERSE 3 — SPOKEN/SUNG]
Dance like the doors don't exist.
Dance like the night will never lift.
Dance like your feet are made of flame.
Dance like the ballroom knows your name.
Your name is not your name.
Your name is the dance. Your name is the same
As every dancer who came before.
Your name is the floor. Your name is the door
That doesn't open. That doesn't close.
Until you are nothing but step and spin.
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[FINAL HOOK — SUNG]
NO ONE LEAVES. NO ONE LEAVES.
THE DANCE IS THE ONLY THING YOU BELIEVE.
ONE TWO THREE. ONE TWO THREE.
THIS IS THE WALTZ. THIS IS ME.
NO ONE LEAVES. THE LESSON IS TAUGHT.
THE DANCE IS THE ONLY THING YOU'VE GOT.
ONE TWO THREE. ONE TWO THREE.
WELCOME TO THE BALLROOM. WELCOME TO ME.
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[OUTRO]
"That was the final lesson. The doors are locked. The lights are low. The music never stops playing. Neither do you. Neither do I."
"No one leaves. No one ever leaves. Welcome home."
AsheTheHyena
