♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Let me tell you a story to chill the bones About a thing that I saw One night wandering in the Everglades I had one drink, but no more I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight Gazing up at the stars Not aware of a presence so near to me Watching my every move Feeling scared, I fell to my knees Something rushed me from the trees Led me to an unholy place That is where I fell from grace And they summoned me over to join in with them To the dance of the dead Into the circle of fire I followed them Into the middle I was led ♪ As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear, but still I wanted to go And the blaze of the fire Did no hurt upon me As I walked onto the coals Then I felt I was in a trance And my spirit was lifted from me And if only someone had the chance To witness what happened to me And I danced, and I danced, and I sang with them All had death in their eyes Like the speakers, they were a dead ornament They had ascended from hell ♪ As I danced with the dead My free spirit was laughing And howling down at me And all my iniquity Just danced the circle of death Until the time came to me You let a spook like spin Came back down to me I didn't know if I was a paragon Then the spirits all joined in with me ♪ ♪ ♪ They looked in the sky, they stared And took the attention away from me But it took decades for me Was the moment that I fled I ran like hell past another window Behind that thin black glass I think that I did my best To look just straight ahead ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ When you know that your time has come Original, you'll be prepared for it Say your last goodbyes to everyone you treat And say you're prepared for it ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ When you're lying in your sleep And you're lying in your bed And you wait for your dreams To convince you we're the dead When you're lying in your sleep And you're lying in your bed And you wait for your dreams ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ To this day I guess I'll never know Just why they let me go But I'll never go dancing no more Till I dance with the dead ♪