- br Dance, I said to the boy in the glass br Staring back at me with a darkening mask br Dance, I begged, with love and pain br Dance, please dance, oh dance again br - br br Dance with the moon in the child’s eye br Circling the middle as black as coal br Dance quickly now, its leaving soon br Light of the moon and the child’s soul br br Dance with the sun in the child’s laugh br Bouncing round off sinister things br Dance quickly now, with crystal prism br Scattering wisdom, melting wings br br Dance with the rain in the child’s tear br Watching the clouds attack then stop br Dance quickly now, the storm has shattered br All that mattered, with a single drop br br Dance with the hope in his stuttered speech br Holding it close for a later year br Dance quickly now, before he serves br Nonsense words, in a busted mirror br br - br Though the moon may spin and the sun revolve br Though love still waits and the rain still falls br Though the child may laugh he glares inside br Exhaling life with a sudden sigh br -br br Ben Paynterbr br