BLACK DIME CABARET

This was the song that started it all. Dark cabaret meets musical theatre meets rock. BDC has changed so much since the very first demo, with the brass basically becoming synonymous with it. I was never quite happy with the 2020 cut but the current version is a blast to listen to, definitely one of my favourites on the album. Again, lyrics were by Dayle Barnett.

Music by Brandon Young
Lyrics by Dayle Barnett

BLACK DIME CABARET. what is it that you see at night / strange figures come to you that might / just be the makings of another world / that you have yet to explore / what is this brand new place unlike / the world from which I’ve come / I’ve been told I might be more useful here / than where I’ve been before but what does that mean? / hinting in the dark, scratching at the door / don’t open up to them, what they have in store – no / flicker in your mind, tearing at the seams / can’t escape, they will find you in your dreams / enter the black dime cabaret / we’ll give you quite a show / whether you’ll stay or we’ll let you leave / it’s not for you to know / people are dying in the streets / but from the politicians not a peep / what did we do to deserve this fate? / this silent death does not debate / laughter in his wake but eyes so sad / are you part of this cabaret act, or am I mad? / is it my future that you see? / clown, what do you want from me? / now they’re getting close, slamming at the door / don’t open up to them, what they have in store – no / steal your sanity, leave you in a state / get out while you can, hope it’s not too late / enter the black dime cabaret / we’ll give you quite a show / whether you’ll stay or we’ll let you leave / it’s not for you to know / enter the black dime cabaret / we’ll give you quite a show / whether you’ll stay or we’ll let you leave / it’s not for you to know

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