The Lousy Dance

The raven is tangled in branches of fire
Your hero was strangled on the perch of desire
And we must now choose to either act or retire
Or leave it up to chance
Dancing the lousy dance
The leaves of twilight now lay with the roots
The naked heart exploded along with the fruit
Too ripe, too heavy, let go and cut loose
To spill into the sand
Dancing the lousy dance
Dancing the lousy dance
Always dancing the lousy dance
One body drops off where another begins
When you’re dancing the lousy dance
Your body is burned like so many others
Where memory has learned to empty its mirrors
And I try to sit still while everything hovers
Or rains into my hands
Dancing the lousy dance
Dancing the lousy dance
Always dancing the lousy dance
You pirouette and I’ll sit here and spin
We’re dancing the lousy dance