Dance to remember or to forget

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Artist name: SH8

[Spoken Intro]

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget;

I dance to reassemble, I resemble, reset.

[Verse 1]

A dance can pick the lock of the past

I drown in memories of times that have passed

I relive the moments, I recast the cast

Reset and reset, and I end up upset

Of the things I could do, of the things I could’ve said

But it’s like a drug, spinning my head.

The best of times, the best of nights, the best of highs

And then it drops me down like a surprise

Past leaves voicemails I rarely save;

future doubt does an impact, wave after wave.

And DJ memory goes with the beat

Moments of need, grief, what I didn't achieve…

[Chorus]

Dance to this music, dance for yourself

Keep all the bruises, I need music, not help,

Turn it up loud, don’t look away

If it hurts, let it hurt, I’m not gonna break

I will keep moving, whatever you say

Go to hell with your morals, I’m here to stay…

[Verse 2]

DJ Memory cuts deep, watch it scratch,

old wounds, new doubts, perfect match.

Press play, press charges, press repeat;

funny how a right hook knocks you off your feet.

I write yesterday’s pain, and tomorrow’s feats

I won’t sing it again… or I'll sing it till I’m free.

My sole heals what my soul can’t say,

My mind drifts astray, hits replay of previous days

This is my truth, my life, it drives me insane

stubborn as a youth, I’m f’cking enjoying the pain,

I remember and forget in the same eight count,

bridge to verse, verse to dismount.

[Chorus]

Dance to this music, dance for yourself

Keep all the bruises, I need music, not help,

Turn it up loud, don’t look away

If it hurts, let it hurt, I’m not gonna break

I will keep moving, whatever you say

Go to hell with your morals, I’m here to stay…

[Bridge]

Lights blur out, but the shadows stay,

every step pulls a ghost out of my way.

I don’t need saving, I just need sound,

so I’ll dance until I drop down

Let the floor shake loose what I can’t confess,

I move through the ruins, I move through the mess.

[Verse 3]

I remember the times when I was a child,

I remember the trauma, I refuse to be blind,

I cling to the moments, then I send them behind

They couldn't break me…I broke the cycles, the dam…

cracks, the river flows in reverse,

I refuse to be who I was.

I refuse to do the same as they did,

I dance it away, I’m never gonna repeat,

This is the one thing I truly believe

If the past wants blood, let it come collect,

But I won’t fold up, I won’t fade away,

I was born to move through the wreckage and stay.

[Final Chorus]

Dance to this music, dance for yourself

Keep all the bruises, I need music, not help,

Turn it up loud, don’t look away

If it hurts, let it hurt, I’m not gonna break

I will keep moving, whatever you say

Go to hell with your morals, I’m here to stay…

[Outro Verse]

So I dance to resemble, I learned how to bend

Reassemble the pieces the years once spent.

I bend the memories to my own will

The beat stops and the crowd goes still,

I close my eyes, I hate the silence, it kills

then the DJ nods, and I get my new fill:

“Mic check, one whole life, run it back on repeat.”