If we dance... Lyrics

show me an expression of love
so we have a reason to celebrate.
and if we dance let it be for joy and not escape

from the many mountains that try to smother our flames
in job security, productivity, and other abstract phrases
designed to make us forget about the past that we've wasted
the present we endure and the future we're told we can't obtain.
and if we dance let it be to ease the pain

we always feel but stopped noticing.
to try and wake us up we must sing about love
because we can not separate actions from our feelings about life.