Curtains closed, all day and night  
TV flickers, the only light  
Food untouched, the coffee cold,
Music plays, I’m spinning slow 
I feel the beat, my eyes are closed 
Bare feet on a hardwood floor  
No one sees, there’s no applause,
This show’s for me, no curtain calls

I just want to dance the world away  
With every move I can feel it fade
One more song, one last play
I just want to dance the world away
Keep the noise and agony at bay  
One more song before I slip away   

Pictures fade and colours bleed  
I want so much, feels like a need  
Eyes half-open, heart on hold  
Past erased and future stalled
Dance not to feel but to forget
The overwhelm of old regret
Every step, a prayer, a plea
To wipe away what I have been

I just want to dance the world away  
With every move I can feel it fade
One more song, one last play
I just want to dance the world away
Keep the noise and agony at bay  
One more song before I slip away   

If I stop, will I fall down?
Will the past drag me to the ground?
I’m not sure that I have healed enough
To face the weight that’s way too tough

I just want to dance the world away  
With every move I can feel it fade
One more song, one last play
I just want to dance the world away
Keep the noise and agony at bay  
One more song before I slip away

Dance The World Away

Late nights staring at the ceiling
Waiting for my wounds to heal 
Light cuts through the dark, revealing
Hurt I don’t admit I feel

I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating
	 
Every moment, I get stronger
As the darkness yields to light
As morning dawns, I fear no longer 
My breath is weak but I survive
 
I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating

I’ve been low, but never out
Heard the silence, heard the doubt
Kept on walking through the fire
They swore would break me down 

I'm still here, my heart is beating
Storms have struck, but I'm still breathing
Left for dead, but I found meaning
Can't break me, I'm not retreating
Lost my grip, but kept on climbing
Hope ran low, but I kept trying
Scars run deep, but I'm not bleeding
I'm still here, my heart is beating

My heart is beating
I'm still here

I'm Still Here (My Heart Is Beating)

The good Lord builds the mountain 
but the devil paves the road 
I’ve been learning from the gravel 
What the preacher never told 
Every highway’s got a heartbeat 
Every sinner rides alone 
You can gamble on redemption 	
but the devil takes his own 

Oh, mercy keeps on running 
Grace just bides her time 
You can find her in the broken 
or the stragglers in a line 
I’ve seen saints fall down in silence 
and the lost rise up as well 
It’s a long, hard climb to heaven 
but a quick, short fall to hell 
  
Joshua blew the trumpets 
and the walls came tumbling down 
And I’ve been searching for my Jericho 
in every lonesome town 
The angels keep their distance 
Behind me shadows swell 
Like Grace I wait in patience
for my walls to fall as well
 
Oh, mercy keeps on running 
Grace just bides her time 
You can find her in the broken 
or the stragglers in a line 
I’ve seen saints fall down in silence 
and the lost rise up as well 
It’s a long, hard climb to heaven 
but a quick, short fall to hell 

I’ve been waiting on the shaking stones
to fall and let me through
These walls I built in silence
seeking refuge from the truth
If the good book’s got a promise
I’ve been trying hard to tell
Will freedom lead to heaven 
or take me straight to hell
   
Oh, mercy keeps on running 
Grace just bides her time 
You can find her in the broken 
or the stragglers in a line 
I’ve seen saints fall down in silence 
and the lost rise up as well 
It’s a long, hard climb to heaven 
but a quick, short fall to hell

Johan Alm

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