Tango in the Madhouse

The ward is white, the walls are thin
The clock has stopped, the clock has stopped
A gramophone begins to spin
The needle drops, the needle drops
The doctor's gone, the nurses fade
The locks are rust, the locks are rust
A velvet curtain has been laid
Across the dust, across the dust

Dance with me, dance with me
In the corridor of broken light
Dance with me, dance with me
The madness holds us tight
The world outside is burning slow
But here the candles glow
Dance with me, dance with me
Before the morning knows

The captain of the silent hall
Has lost his name, has lost his name
He bows to no one and to all
It's all the same, it's all the same
The tango pulls the shadows in
A slow decay, a slow decay
And every step's a quiet sin
We can't unlearn, we can't unlearn

Dance with me, dance with me
In the corridor of broken light
Dance with me, dance with me
The madness holds us tight
The world outside is burning slow
But here the candles glow
Dance with me, dance with me
Before the morning knows

They built these walls to keep us still
But music finds the cracks in stone
And makes a kingdom of its own

Dance with me, dance with me
In the corridor of broken light
Dance with me, dance with me
The madness holds us tight
The world outside is burning slow
But here the candles glow
Dance with me, dance with me
Before the morning knows

The needle lifts, the record spins
A hollow hum, a hollow hum
The tango ends, the tango begins
We are not numb, we are not num