DEATH WALTZ

Former keyboardist Max Budich brought Death Waltz to the table of our previous band, On Planet. However, knowing that band was all but dead, and having already started rehearsing with Black Dime Cabaret, I proposed that his song be repurposed for BDC. Originally, Death Waltz had more of a rock arrangement, but Patrick and Caitlyn eventually rearranged it for a string quartet for the final release. Everybody in the band has their own thoughts on this one, but I definitely like how it turned out. I think it appears at the perfect moment on the album, providing the last bit of romance and wonder before all hell breaks loose in Lady Midnight’s mansion.

Music by Max Budich, Patrick Ng & Caitlyn Adshead
Lyrics by Dayle Barnett & Brandon Young

DEATH WALTZ. take my hand, dance now, live tonight like it’s all we have / the ballroom comes alive! / take my hand, waltz now, dance tonight / now death is close at hand / here into the ballroom / warm arms, they pull me in / he’s there before me, eyes as dark as sin / take my hand, dance now, live tonight like it’s all that we have / take my hand, waltz with me, dance tonight / the coffin lid is closing / take my hand, dance now, sing tonight / now death is close at hand / casually drifting towards a sea of stars / he glides across to meet me, and we’re soaring through the air / in the space between hearts that yearn for one of them to burn before the night grows cold / she’s innocently blind to the world that left her behind / a love such as this would never endure / a love such as this would never and never and- / take my hand, dance now, live tonight as the full moon rises / take my hand, waltz with me until the break of day / undercover, here no longer / she is smitten, fates rewritten / anticipation, great elation, fabrications, incantations / you’re running out of time, time, midnight! / he’s not welcome here / don’t give him your heart

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