The Dead Dance

Album: Mayhem (2025)
Charted: 13 40
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  • Like the words of a song, I hear you call
    Like a thief in my head, you criminal
    You stole my thoughts before I dreamed them
    And you killed my queen with just one pawn

    This goodbye is no surprise
    This goodbye won't make me cry

    Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' until I'm dead
    Dancin' until I'm dead, I'm dancin' until I'm dead
    Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead (dead, dead, dead)
    'Cause when you killed me inside, that's when I came alive
    Yeah, the music's gonna bring me back from death
    I'm dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead (dead, dead, dead, dead)

    You've created a creature of the night
    Now I'm haunting your air, your soul, your eyes

    This goodbye is no surprise (is no surprise)
    This goodbye won't make me cry

    Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' until I'm dead
    Dancin' until I'm dead, I'm dancin' until I'm dead
    Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead (dead, dead, dead)
    'Cause when you killed me inside, that's when I came alive
    Yeah, the music's gonna bring me back from death
    I'm dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead (dead, dead, dead, dead)

    Do the dead dance (dead)
    The dead dance
    Do the dead dance (dead)
    The dead dance
    Do the dead dance (dead)
    The dead dance
    Do the dead dance (dead)
    But I'm alive on the dance floor

    And I'm dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'm dancin' until I'm dead, I'm dancin' until I'm dead
    Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead
    'Cause when you killed me inside, that's when I came alive
    Yeah, the music's gonna bring me back from death
    I'm dancin' until I'm dead (dead)
    I'll dance until I'm dead

    Dead (dead, dead, dead, dead) Writer/s: Andrew Wotman, Henry Walter, Stefani Germanotta
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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