The Fan Dance - 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