You can know a needle's eye Or a hungry baby's cry But no one knows that demons dance alone Silver linings came and went When i was an innocent Never knowing demons dance alone But somehow i was seduced And my innocence reduced By a demon that became my own Knowingly i followed him I took the hook and swallowed it Until i found it dancing in my home Terrified i tried to quit But i need the taste of shit Like a dancing demon needs a home I had hoped to fill my years with more that melancholy tears But the demon makes me dance alone.
I had listened to the Residents for years but never managed to go to one of their shows until this tour. Now probably the most impressive piece of musical theatre I've ever seen. A perfect expression of the the post 9/11 psyche. Lanterns are lanterns, they are sources of light, physical, spiritual or otherwise.
If you read the lyrics... Is this song about meth addiction?? But somehow I was seduced And my innocence reduced By a demon that became my own Knowingly I followed it Took the hook and swallowed it But then I found it dancing in my home Terrified I tried to quit But now I need the taste of shit Like a dancing demon needs a home I had hoped to fill my years with More than melancholy tears But the demon makes me dance alone
Albums Meet the Residents - 1974 The Third Reich 'n Roll - 1976 Fingerprince - 1977 Not Available - 1978 Duck Stab/Buster & Glen - 1978 Subterranean Modern with Chrome, MX-80 Sound, Tuxedomoon - 1979 Eskimo - 1979 Commercial Album - 1980 Mark of the Mole - 1981 The Tunes of Two Cities - 1982 Title in Limbo with Renaldo and the Loaf - 1983 George & James: The American Composers Series, vol. 1 - 1984 Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? - 1984 The Census Taker - 1985 The Big Bubble: Part Four of the Mole Trilogy - 1985 Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series, vol. 2 - 1986 God in Three Persons - 1988 The King & Eye - 1989 Freak Show - 1990 Our Finest Flowers - 1992 Gingerbread Man - 1994 Hunters - 1995 Have a Bad Day - 1996 Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible - 1998 Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions - 2000 Icky Flix - 2001 Demons Dance Alone - 2002 WB: RMX - 2003 The King & Eye: RMX - 2003 The 12 Days of Brumalia - 2004 I Murdered Mommy - 2004 Animal Lover - 2005 The River of Crime (Episodes 1-5) - 2006 Tweedles! - 2006 Night of the Hunters - 2007 The Voice of Midnight - 2007 The Bunny Boy - 2008 Postcards from Patmos - 2008 Hades - 2009 The Ughs! - 2009 Chuck's Ghost Music - 2011 Lonely Teenager - 2011 Coochie Brake - 2012 Mush-Room - 2013 The Ghost of Hope - 2017 I Am A Resident! - 2018 Intruders - 2018 Metal, Meat & Bone - The Songs Of Dyin’ Dog - 2020
