Elevator to my dad's apartment
New York City--home is where the heart is
You stepped in behind me and you shut the door
New York City etiquette is rigid
Be like winter--featureless and frigid
Among strangers make sure you can be ignored
Lest a stray glance
Become a strange dance
You said where you going, I like you
I looked down and then I saw the knife you
Held in your left hand
What was in your right was worse
And I thought, well, the other shoe is dropping
I've been lucky, now my luck is stopping
So damn lucky, never having to rehearse
This strange dance
And I do not know the steps
Strange dance
And I do not know the steps
And I did not feel, was addled with the struggle
So surreal, a battle in a bubble
I could not dodge your lips, I had to watch your knife
Because we both knew the game would have to stop soon
Me and you both running out of options
Just one second,
Every moment of my life
In a strange trance
Thinking what can I do next
In this strange dance
Where I do not know the steps
Strange trance
With a whole world to protect
From this strange dance
Where I do not know the steps
But I could have told you I'm a lot to manage
I'm hard to hold, and so easy to damage
You can't control me
Shit! you can't control yourself
And I said you don't wanna hurt nobody
And you said I'm not trying to hurt nobody
And we both tumbled out into the cold stairwell
And you ran like hell
Into the night
From the strange dance
Where you did not know the steps
From the strange dance
Police detective asked if I would know you
In a lineup, could I point and show you
I said no, cos I really don't recall your face
Just the strange dance
Where I do not know the steps
Strange dance
And there's a great chance
That you did not know the stakes
You just saw something that you thought you'd take
You just saw something that you thought you'd take
On a strange dance
credits
from Instead of Sad Songs,
released April 25, 2021
Helena Very - vocals, wurly
Eva Lawitts - bass, electric guitar
Chris Krasnow - drums, electric guitar
engineered and produced by Eva Lawitts and Chris Krasnow, Wonderpark Studios
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