Dance of the Black Tattoo - Magnum

Now every day the quiet dead

Will follow in your footsteps

They fill your dreams with awful dread

And walk in silence through

No holy names will comfort thee

Or justify your feelings

I’m only glad it’s you, not me

Will dance the black tattoo

Your diary’s empty

So there’s no past

You can’t remember

What you did last

Your diary’s empty

No words to read

No misconception

It can’t mislead

You take a chance and play the game

With deeds of blood and murder

Whatever comes, it’s all the same

You know it’s up to you

You live your life on borrowed time

It’s playing tricks to fool you

Well, it’s not like a nursery rhyme

With all good things and true

Your diary’s empty

The pages white

So nothing happened

For you to write

Your diary’s empty

Too late, you cried

No concentration

The thought has died

Your diary’s empty

So there’s no past

You can’t remember

What you did last

Your diary’s empty

No words to read

No misconception

It can’t mislead

Your diary’s empty

The pages white

So nothing happened

For you to write

Your diary’s empty

Too late, you cried

No concentration

The thought has died