The Fan Dance Lyrics - Sam Phillips

The violinist puts his violin away 

Forbidden city broken into tonight 

I use my blindfold to dry my tears 

The stage is empty and tired of light 

But when I do the fan dance 

I'm all the red in China 

I'm dialing life up on my telescope 

Fringe and mathematics 

Shaking down the curtain 

To find the dragon parade 

When I do the fan dance 

Searchlights answer gunfire 

Angels escort falling mercies 

Hearts shut off like streetlights 

But even in the blackout 

I'll find my balcony rose 

The violinist puts his violin away 

Forbidden city broken into tonight 

I use my blindfold to dry the tears 

The stage is empty and tired of light 

When I do the fan dance 

I'm firecracker lightning 

I burn with no trace up in the cold sky 

I am broken open, waiting for inventions 

Of light that see through to love 

When I do the fan dance 

I'm all the red in China 

You write your questions on my skin 

I'll be in your dark streets 

To keep the lantern burning 

Until your new world begins