[Distorted carnival organ. A single, plucked violin string. The Can-Can melody begins — but wrong. Glitched. Heavy. A voice, breathless, grinning:]
"They said I couldn't dance. They said I had no rhythm. They said 'put down the axe, you're scaring the children.'"
[Laugh. Manic.]
"I said… WATCH ME."
[Full band explodes. The Can-Can melody on guitars. Blast beats. Chaos.]
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[VERSE 1 — CAN-CAN MELODY, FAST]
Spin the wheel! Ring the bell!
Someone's gonna slip and fall!
Watch the blood! Watch the spray!
This is how we dance today!
Left foot, right foot, chop the bone!
Dance until you're all alone!
Kick your legs up, lose your head!
This is how we paint the red!
Stomp the dust! Shake the ground!
Watch the bodies spin around!
Twirl the axe! Catch the light!
Dance until you get it right!
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[HOOK — SCREAMED OVER BREAKDOWN]
CAN-CAN! CAN-CAN! AXE IN HAND!
CAN-CAN! CAN-CAN! KILL THE BAND!
KEEP ON DANCING! DON'T STOP MOVING!
DEAD OR ALIVE, I KEEP IMPROVING!
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[VERSE 2 — CAN-CAN MELODY, FASTER]
Jump the line! Cut the rope!
This is how we make them hope
That the end comes quick and clean!
No. The end comes in between
The beat! The step! The pirouette!
This is the only dance they get!
Slide the blood! Slick the floor!
Open up the second door!
Spin again! Spin again!
Dance until the nothing ends!
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[BRIDGE]
[Tempo drops. The melody slows, becomes menacing. A single, distorted guitar. The voice, almost thoughtful:]
"They think it's madness. They think it's noise.
They think I'm just a pair of fists and a pair of toys.
But this is art. This is grace.
This is what it looks like when you find your place."
[Beat drops back. Faster. Unhinged.]
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[VERSE 3 — CAN-CAN MELODY, FRANTIC]
High kick! Low blow!
Watch the pretty colors flow!
Red and pink and purple too!
This is what I made for you!
Ballerina with a blade!
Every promise that I made
Was a lie! A joke! A dance!
Now you've got a second chance
To move! To groove! To lose your feet!
Dance until the end is sweet!
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[BREAKDOWN — HEAVY, SLOW, CRUSHING]
[Spoken:]
"They said I couldn't dance."
[Screamed:]
WATCH ME NOW! WATCH ME NOW!
AXE IN HAND! I'LL SHOW YOU HOW!
[Spoken:]
"They said I had no rhythm."
[Screamed:]
FEEL THE BEAT! FEEL THE BEAT!
BLOOD AND BONE BENEATH MY FEET!
[Spoken:]
"They said 'put down the axe.'"
[Screamed:]
NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!
THIS IS MY DANCE! THIS IS MY TREASURE!
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[FINAL CAN-CAN — FASTER, MORE UNHINGED]
Faster! Faster! Lose control!
Dance until you lose your soul!
Kick the sky! Kick the moon!
We'll be dancing here till noon!
And then we'll dance some more!
And then we'll dance some more!
The floor is red! The floor is slick!
This is the dance that does the trick!
CAN-CAN! CAN-CAN! ONE MORE TIME!
DANCE UNTIL YOU CROSS THE LINE!
CAN-CAN! CAN-CAN! DON'T YOU SEE?
THE DANCE IS ME! THE DANCE IS ME!
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[OUTRO]
"…they said I couldn't dance."
"Who's laughing now? Oh wait."
"Everyone's dead. Huh."
AsheTheHyena
