SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK
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Verse 1
I don't want a friendI want my life in two (Please, one more night; my life in two)Waiting to get thereWaiting for you (I done fighted all night; waiting for you)(I done fighted all night)Pre-Chorus
When I'm around slow dancing in the darkDon't follow me, you'll end up in my armsYou done made up your mindI don't need no more signsCan you?Can you?Chorus
Give me reasons we should be completeYou should be with him, I can't competeYou looked at me like I was someone else, oh wellCan't you see? (Can't you see?)I don't wanna slow dance (I don't wanna slow dance)In the dark, darkVerse 2
When you gotta run (Gotta run, gotta run)Just hear my voice in you (My voice in you)Shutting me out, you (Shutting me out)Doing so great (So great, so great)YeahPre-Chorus
Used to be the one (Used to be the one)To hold you when you fall, yeah, yeah, yeah (When you fall, when you fall)I don't fuck with your tone (I don't fuck with your tone)I don't wanna go home (I don't wanna go home)Can it be one night?Can you?Can you?Chorus
Give me reasons we should be completeYou should be with him, I can't competeYou looked at me like I was someone else, oh wellCan't you see?I don't wanna slow dance (I don't wanna slow dance)In the dark, darkIn the dark, darkWhat the song means
A song about unrequited love where the speaker desperately wants one more moment with someone who's moving on to someone else. The "slow dancing in the dark" represents an intimate connection that only exists in the speaker's mind. It explores themes of longing, jealousy, and accepting that they cannot compete for this person's affection.
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slow dancing in the dark — intimate connection in secrecy/isolation
A metaphor for a private, beautiful moment that only exists between two people, here representing one-sided love