Intro: jaunty fiddle and hand drum, folk dance] [Verse 1: Female vocals, uneasy] Bread's gone thin since the second frost Counting the graves, not counting the cost Husband's gone quiet, the baby won't feed Saint on the wall keeps his eyes on me July sun on the cobblestone Something starts humming beneath the bone Left foot, right foot, I didn't decide Neighbors start laughing, so do I Sun goes down and I'm still in the square Shoes worn through and I'm still there [Verse 2: Male vocals, mocking, turning nervous, tempo rising] Saw her spinning when the sun came up Laughed so hard that I spilled my cup Now it's thirty, now it's more Butcher's wife and the boy next door [Shouted, distant] Build the stage! [Male vocals, scared] Bolt the shutters, bar the frame Swear I heard 'em call my name Stuff my ears but the drum gets in Tapping on the floor from under my skin [Shouted, distant] Pay the band! Keep 'em moving! [Male vocals, panicked] Not me, not me, I'm holding still Heel keeps counting against my will [Chorus: Male and female vocals, overlapping, frantic, heavy band, double-time] Don't look down, don't look down It's in the street, it's in the ground Don't you stop, don't you stop Something's coming if the music drops Faster, faster, I can't breathe Hands on my shoulders, won't let me leave Pray to the saint, pray to the saint Feet keep going when the body faints [Bridge: sudden drop, near silence, whispered] [Female vocals, whispered] Wagons climbing up to Saverne Rope on our wrists so we can't turn Priest at the altar, oil and flame Saint of the dancers knows my name [Male vocals, whispered] Red shoes, crosses on the toes Bless the feet and maybe it goes [Male and female vocals, building] Round the altar, round again Round the altar, round again [Final Chorus: Male and female vocals, fastest, ragged, screaming] Don't look down, don't look down It's in the street, it's in the ground It's me, it's me, I'm not holding still Heel keeps counting against my will Faster, faster, I can't breathe Pray to the saint, he won't let me leave Don't you stop, don't you stop Something's coming if the music [Abrupt stop] [End]
