Dance Around The Dead Man

from Dotted Line by The Unstable Tables

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

"The phrase 'Dance around the dead man' came about through a conversation with my friend Iian Clark. In the song I switch between observations and ruminations on the world and personal feelings; 'I've done my tour of duty' which is a phrase associated with war.

Life as a vacum, people sending out warnings but no one paying attention. At the centre is a ritual, the dancing around the dead man. This is a Pagan image directly influenced by the macabre masterpiece 'The Wicker Man'." Patrick Snape.

lyrics

Dance around the dead man

Saint Peter told Delilah there’s a hole in your well
At the bottom of your bucket there’s another one as well
She toiled, she labored, the whole day through
Some people never listen but they act like they do

Oh Constantine, oh Constantine,
You made me wash my feet so clean
I caught a train to Waterloo
The shops are closed but still they queue

Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
You rob Peter and I’ll kill Paul

Sunlight beating on a crowded street
Geometric slabs of light and heat
It’s been a bad winter all this summer
The weather is dumb getting dumber

I’ve done my tour of duty
Three parts truth and one part beauty
I’ll return one day to the countryside
Where the cycle of life is easier to ride

Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
Dance around the dead man
You rob Peter and I’ll kill Paul

I lost my zig, I lost my zag
The corporate world makes time drag
Designer coffins and a family plot
No peace for the wicked even as they rot

The economy of greed has fallen sick
A cash injection’s needed quick
Keep your pony fresh and strong
The path you take is yours alone

credits

from Dotted Line, released September 4, 2010

license

about

The Unstable Tables Newcastle

contact / help

Contact The Unstable Tables

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like The Unstable Tables, you may also like:

Danzig Sings Elvis
by Danzig

The crossover no one saw coming—a sinister, album-length tribute to the King from the legendary Glenn Danzig. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2020
go to album
Thriller
by Richie Phoe

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 15, 2013
go to album
Perfect Texture LP (LUNGS-114)
by GELD

This Australian group wraps D-beat in layers of psychedelic fuzz & squall for a howl from the depths of modern dystopia. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 28, 2018
go to album
Split
by Polygrains

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 5, 2014
go to album
TV REBOOT
by Terry Venomous

Terry Venemous is releasing new music every 3 weeks this year. His latest EP is sumptuous art pop with a wry sense of detachment. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 27, 2024
go to album
Curves and Bends, Things Veer
by Amatorski

Quixotic art-pop worldbuilding influenced by everything from French cinema and microbiology to Taoist poetry and current events. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 7, 2024
go to album
last liasse
by helen island

Gorgeous, breathy, soft-focus pop from helen island nestled amongst cascading keys and cottony rhythms. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 6, 2024
go to album