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Duran Duran - Danse Macabre Album Lyrics



Duran Duran - Danse Macabre Lyrics






Nightboat

Standing
On the edge of the quay
No light flashes on the water for me
Fog in my mind darkens in my eyes
Silently streaming for a distant sound
Ripple river yellows
Rising for a breath of breeding and drowns
Stillness overcomes me in the night
Listen to the rising water moan

I'm waiting
Waiting for the night boat
(Whoa)
I'm waiting
Waiting for the night boat

Shutters all through me shutter away
Echo me, echoe me (echo me)
Am I alone or is the river alive
'Cause it echoes me, echoes me, echoes me

I'm waiting
Waiting for the night boat
(Whoa)
I'm waiting
Waiting for the night boat

Waiting (waiting)
Waiting for the night boat
(Whoa)
I'm waiting (waiting)
Waiting for the night boat

Waiting for the night boat (woah)
I'm waiting
Waiting for the night boat
I'm waiting for the night boat
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Black Moonlight

We are on procession with the crucial, with the wild
Taken in possession by the music and beguiled

Hold tight
We're going out tonight
Under the black moonlight
Move 'til we're out of sight
Into the black moonlight

Riding on the rhythm of the drama on the wall
Fire of desire paints your shadow 'gainst the wall

Hold tight
We're going out tonight
Under the black moonlight
Dance 'til we're out of sight
Into the black moonlight
Alive in the dead of night
Under the black moonlight
Waving it all goodbye
Into the black moonlight

Dark magic, imagine
The shameless attraction
In passion
Win everything

Hold tight
We're going out tonight
Under the black moonlight
Move 'til we're out of sight
Into the black moonlight
(Dark magic, imagine) alive in the dead of night
(The shameless attraction) under the black moonlight
(Resetting the fashion) waving it all goodbye
(Forgetting some passion) into the black moonlight

(Under the moonlight) (dark magic, imagine) we're going out tonight
(We're goin' out, yes) (the shameless attraction) under the black moonlight
(Under the moonlight) (resetting the fashion) dance 'til we're out of sight
(We're goin' out, yes) (forgetting some passion) into the black moonlight
(Under the moonlight) (dark magic, imagine) alive in the dead of night
(We're goin' out, yes) (the shameless attraction) under the black moonlight
(Under the moonlight) (resetting the fashion) waving it all goodbye
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Writer: John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Nile Rodgers, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.




Love Voudou

When I first met you on the roof
You caught me in your web of youth
But now I know the wicked truth
It's much too late, so what's the use in fighting?
You peel me like an onion skin
And wonder at the state I'm in
One day, you'll turn up to begin
And find there's nothing left but innuendo
Beside you, others fade away
Like amateurs in love's charade
Much more than just a game you play
These certain rules become a way of living

Night after night, I try to prove
That I can resist you
Tied up inside your lovе voodoo
Designed to manipulate

Thе queen of sensuality
You shelter me from liberty
It's nothing short of piracy
That's not to say it doesn't please me sometimes
Now this may come as no surprise
But I'm content to compromise
Until the day you realize
That I have been manipulating you, manipulated

Night after night, I try to prove
That I can resist you
Tied up inside your love voodoo
Designed to manipulate

Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah

Night after night
After night
I can resist you
Tied up inside your love voodoo
Designed to manipulate
Night after night, I try to prove
That I can resist you
Tied up inside your love voodoo
Designed to manipulate
Night after night, I try to prove
That I can resist you
Tied up inside your love voodoo
Designed to manipulate

Tied up inside your love voodoo
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Bury a Friend

What do you want from me?
Why don't you run from me?
What are you wondering?
What do you know?
Why aren't you scared of me?
Why do you care for me?
When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

Say it, spit it out, what is it exactly
You're payin'? Is the amount cleanin' you out? Am I satisfactory?
Today, I'm thinkin' about the things that are deadly
The way I'm drinkin' you down
Like I wanna drown, like I wanna end me

Step on the glass, staple your tongue
Bury a friend, try to wake up
Cannibal class, killing the son
Bury a friend, I wanna end me

What do you want from me?
Why don't you run from me?
What are you wondering?
What do you know?
Why aren't you scared of me?
Why do you care for me?
When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

Keep you in the dark, what had you expected?
Me to make you my art and make you a star and get you connected?
I'll meet you in the park, I'll be calm and collected
But we knew right from the start that you'd fall apart 'cause I'm too expensive

It's probably somethin' that shouldn't be said out loud
Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now
Calling security, keepin' my head held down
Bury the hatchet or bury a friend right now

For the debt I owe, gotta sell my soul
'Cause I can't say no, no, I can't say no
Then my limbs all froze and my eyes won't close
And I can't say no, I can't say no

Step on the glass, staple your tongue
Bury a friend, try to wake up
Cannibal class, killing the son
Bury a friend

What do you want from me?
Why don't you run from me?
What are you wondering?
What do you know?
Why aren't you scared of me?
Why do you care for me?
When we all fall asleep, where do we go?
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Writer: Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas Baird O'Connell
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.




Supernature

Once upon a time
Science opened up the door
We would feed the hungry fields
'Til they couldn't eat no more
But the potions that we made
Touched the creatures down below
And they grew up in a way
That we'd never seen before

Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature

They were angry with the man
'Cause he changed their way of life
And they take their sweet revenge
As they trample through the night
For a hundred miles or more
You can hear the people cry
But there's nothing you can do
Even God is on their side

Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature
Supernature, supernature

Better watch out
There's no way to stop it now
You can't escape, it's too late
Look what you've done
There's no place that you can run
The monsters made, we must pray

Supernature (better watch out)
Supernature (look at you now)
Supernature (better watch out)
Supernature (look at you now)
Supernature
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Writer: Marc Cerrone, Lili Marlene Premilovich, Alain Wisniak
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC




Danse Macabre

Halloween girl, seize the fray
Brothers and sisters, lead the way
Shackled to the rhythm, your soul is weighed
So you better get down on your knees and pray

Comin' out for the Hawsker mad bull
Jumpin on the hot seat, lyin' in the dead pool
Delivery quake, expensive mistake
The damage, the damage, the damage, the damage

Hey, no way
Some ghost jive in a AC Cobra
Auto-da-fe
Get dirty up on a Danse Macabre
Hey, no way
I had you down for the cat's pajamas
Auto-da-fe
Get dirty up on the Danse Macabre

If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind

Heaven's sake, don't blow your karma
Liberate your Danse Macabre

Zombie in the back room, nuns in the bed
Kids in KISS makeup, toastin' the bread
An Elvis moans a lone Natty Dread
With death in the living room, offering a head

Are you watching? Are you watching?
Collars and chains and cuffs are matching
Kamikaze stag do, twist and shout
At Sudan Archives on a girls' night out

Hey, no way
Some ghost jive in a AC Cobra
Auto-da-fe
Get dirty up on a Danse Macabre
Hey, no way
I had you down for the cat's pajamas
Auto-da-fe
Get dirty up on the Danse Macabre

If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind

If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind

If you don't mind, if you don't mind (For Heaven's sake, don't blow your karma)
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind (Liberate your Danse Macabre)
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
If you don't mind, if you don't mind (For Heaven's sake, don't blow your karma)
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
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Writer: Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.




Secret Oktober 31st

Wise on a birthday party
In a world full of surprising fireworks
And sudden silence (Shh)
Lies on a stranger's bed
The new day breaks like a speeding train or an old friend
Never expected, but never knocking
Holding your own in a battered car
All-night parties, cocktail bars and smile
When the butterfly escapes the killing jar

Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
Wise or naked in secret Oktobеr

Free fall on a windy morning shore
Nothing but a fading track of footsteps
Could prove that you'd еver been there
Spoken on a cotton cloud
Like the sound of gunshot taken by the wind
And lost in distant thunder
Racing on a shining plain
And tomorrow, you'll be content to watch
As the lightning plays along the wires and you'll wonder

Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
Wise or naked in secret Oktober
Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
Wise or naked in secret Oktober


Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
Wise or naked in secret Oktober
Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
Wise or naked in secret Oktober

Secret Oktober
Secret Oktober
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Ghost Town

[ Originally by The Specials ]

This town is coming like a ghost town
All the clubs have been closed down
This place is coming like a ghost town
Bands won't play no more
Too much fighting on the dance floor

Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang and the music played in a de boomtown

This town is coming like a ghost town
Why must the youth fight against themselves?
Government leaving the youth on the shelf
This place is coming like a ghost town
No job to be found in this country
Can't go on no more, the people getting angry

This town is coming like a ghost town
This town is coming like a ghost town
This town is coming like a ghost town
This town is coming like a ghost town
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Paint It Black

[ Originally by The Rolling Stones ]

I see a red door, I said, "Paint it black"
No colour in my life, so just turn it black
I see the girls walkin' by dressed in their summer clothes
I'm gonna turn my head till the darkness goes

I see this line of cars, they're all painted black
Dead flowers and my love, both never to come back
You people turn your heads and quick now, look away
Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then, I'll fade away and not face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my deep sea shade a deeper blue
Maybe now this dark thing will start happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will be laughing at me before the morning comes

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted
Painted black, yeah
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Super Lonely Freak

Even on the darkest night when empty promise means empty hand
And soldiers coming home like shadows turning red
And when the lights of hope are fading quickly, then look to me
I'll be your homing angel, I'll be in your head

Because you're lonely in your nightmare, let me in
And there's heat beneath your winter, let me in

I see the delta traces living lonely out on the limb
And a passing glimmеr warm beneath your skin
Pleasе tread gently on the ground when all around you, earth turns to fire
Only get a second chance when danger's on the wind

Because you're lonely in your nightmare, let me in
Because there's heat beneath your winter, let me in
And it's silent out on your stone field, let me in

She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the streets
She likes the boys in the band
She says that I'm her all-time favourite
When I make my move to her room, it's the right time
She's never hard to please, oh no

That girl is pretty wild now
(The girl's a super freak)
The kind of girl you read about
(In new-wave magazines)
That girl is pretty kinky
(The girl's a super freak)
I really love to taste her
(Every time we meet)
She's alright, she's alright
That girl's alright with me, yeah
Hey-hey, hey, hey

She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
Everybody sing
Super freak, super freak
Hey

She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow, now
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky
She's a super freak, super freak
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Spellbound

From the cradle bars
Comes a beckoning voice
It sends you spinning
You have no choice

You hear laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice
You hear laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice

Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Spellbound, spellbound, ooh-ooh
Spellbound, spellbound
Spellbound, spellbound

And don't forget when your elders forget
To say their prayers
Take 'em by the legs
And throw them down the stairs
When you think your toys
Have gone berserk
It's an illusion
You cannot shirk
You hear laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice

Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Spellbound, spellbound, ooh-ooh
Spellbound
Spellbound, spellbound
Spellbound, spellbound

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Entranced, entranced
'Tranced, 'tranced, 'tranced
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Psycho Killer

[ Originally by Talking Heads ]

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh, oh, oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya

You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh, oh, oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya

Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir-là
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là
Réalisant mon espoir
Je me lance, vers la gloire, okay
Aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
Aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh, oh, oh, oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
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Confession in the Afterlife

These are words fallen from fire
Ashes on the river tide
Into love, there will be a pathway
And I will see you on the other side
Stories like the evening stars are showing up
In that light, yeah, it's alright
Whatever fills your cup

Ah, confession
In the afterlife

Heathen eyes painted on iron
See everything you leave behind
Once beholden, always forgottеn
Upon this blameless sea of nеver mind
Secrets woken hurt nobody, you'll be sure
With malice broke when nothing really matters anymore

Ah, confession
In the afterlife
Ah, confession
In the afterlife

Ah, confession (Confession)
In the afterlife
Ah, confession (Confession)
In the afterlife
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Danse Macabre is the sixteenth studio album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 27 October 2023 through BMG and Tape Modern. A Halloween-themed album, the record includes three new tracks, covers and reimagined versions of older Duran Duran material.

Former guitarists Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo appear, making their first appearances on a Duran Duran LP since 2004's Astronaut and 2000's Pop Trash, respectively. Nile Rodgers and Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin also feature as guest artists.
Performed By: Duran Duran
Genre(s): Synth-pop, dance-rock, pop rock
Length: 50:07
Released: October 27th, 2023
Year: 2023

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