Last Dance Before Oblivion
funk, Big-band swing kit and upright walking bass locked to downtuned, overdriven guitars; sharp brass stabs mirror chugging riffs. Male vocals swing between slick croon and feral growl, with explosive gang vocals and horn blasts on the chorus. Bridge collapses to bass, snaps, and low spoken word before a full brass-and-guitar knockout hit., low, swing, metal, jazz, vocal, male vocals
Last Dance Before Oblivion
funk, Big-band swing kit and upright walking bass locked to downtuned, overdriven guitars; sharp brass stabs mirror chugging riffs. Male vocals swing between slick croon and feral growl, with explosive gang vocals and horn blasts on the chorus. Bridge collapses to bass, snaps, and low spoken word before a full brass-and-guitar knockout hit., low, swing, metal, jazz, vocal, male vocals
Lyrics
Intro
Spin the wheel
Red bow tie
Cracked leather boots
Smoke in the chandeliers
Dealer grins
Says
“Time to choose”
Verse 1
Champagne in a paper cup
Cufflinks on a thrift-store shirt
Gold teeth laugh in a cracked glass mirror
I kiss you like the world won’t work
Chorus
Last dance before oblivion
Spin me ‘til the ceiling caves in
If this is it
Then drag me in closer (hey!)
Laugh while the sky falls down again
Last dance before oblivion
Two-step on the fault line
Friend
If we’re burning out
Then strike that match
Let it all go
Let it all end
Verse 2
Roulette ball in your dark brown eyes
You say
“Baby
Place your bets”
We’re cashing years in cigarette ash
Tuxedo dreams in a wrinkled dress
Chorus
Last dance before oblivion
Spin me ‘til the ceiling caves in
If this is it
Then drag me in closer (oh yeah)
Laugh while the sky falls down again
Last dance before oblivion
Two-step on the fault line
Friend
If we’re burning out
Then strike that match
Let it all go
Let it all end
Bridge
Beat drops to upright bass and finger snaps
Table’s empty
Chairs are ghosts
My name
Your throat
We toast to the end
With nothing in our glasses
When the lights come up
We vanish
Like we practiced
Chorus
[Full-band hit
Horns and gang shouts]
Last dance before oblivion
Spin me ‘til the ceiling caves in (spin me, spin me)
If this is it
Then drag me in closer
Laugh while the sky falls down again (down again)
Last dance before oblivion
Two-step on the fault line
Friend
If we’re burning out
Then strike that match (hey!)
Let it all go
Let it all
End