{"id":43276,"date":"2025-04-28T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43276"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:30:48","slug":"the-last-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/04\/28\/the-last-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/The-Last-Dance-0.mp3\">The-Last-Dance-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/The-Last-Dance-0.mp4\">The-Last-Dance-0.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/The-Last-Dance-I.mp3\">The-Last-Dance-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/The-Last-Dance-I.mp4\">The-Last-Dance-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/The-Last-Dance-intro.mp3\">The-Last-Dance-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a growing erosion in confidence<br \/>\nHaving to do with incompetence<br \/>\nEvery opening of mouth is evidence<br \/>\nOf our circumstance<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nNot just a whiff of tariff if<br \/>\nSomething is rotten in Denmark<br \/>\nThe mark of the devil (ill evil)<br \/>\nSays he will steal (not there&#8217;s no deal)<br \/>\nDemand the land of Greenland<br \/>\nBe damned!<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a growing erosion (in confidence)<br \/>\nHaving to do with (incompetence)<br \/>\nEvery opening of his mouth is evidence<br \/>\n(Of our circumstance)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCan I have the last dance?<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n(By chance)<br \/>\nThe last dance<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nProtectionism is not patriotism<br \/>\nJust sad sadism and narcissism<br \/>\nIsolationist wants to self-parish<br \/>\nA parasitic terroristic evangelic tarnish<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n(The horror of state terror)<br \/>\nIn error&#8230;? (The state of terror!)<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a growing erosion (in confidence)<br \/>\nHaving to do with (incompetence)<br \/>\nEvery opening of his mouth is evidence<br \/>\n(Of our circumstance)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCan I have the last dance?<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n(By chance)<br \/>\nThe last dance<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nA lack of confidence<br \/>\nTaken up residence<br \/>\nA lack of confidence<br \/>\n(Is going down)<br \/>\nGoing down all around<br \/>\n(Going down)<br \/>\nGoing down, down, down<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a growing erosion (in confidence)<br \/>\nHaving to do with (incompetence)<br \/>\nEvery opening of his mouth is evidence<br \/>\n(Of our circumstance)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nA lack of confidence<br \/>\nOverflowing evidence<br \/>\nA lack of confidence<br \/>\n(Is going down)<br \/>\nGoing down all around<br \/>\n(Going down)<br \/>\nGoing down, down, down<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"719\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"719\"><strong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"321\">Verse 1 (&#8220;not just a whiff of tariff,&#8221; &#8220;something is rotten in Denmark&#8221;)<\/strong> suggests <strong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"369\">serious corruption and dysfunction<\/strong>, not minor issues. The references to tariffs allude to <strong data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"447\">Trump&#8217;s trade wars<\/strong>, which hurt the economy more than they helped. The lines about the &#8220;devil&#8221; and &#8220;stealing&#8221; hint at <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"576\">Trump\u2019s unethical behavior<\/strong>, and the &#8220;Greenland&#8221; reference mocks his <strong data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"655\">absurd 2019 idea to buy Greenland<\/strong> \u2014 seen as <em data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"718\">imperialist, ridiculous, and doomed from the start<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"935\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"935\"><strong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"783\">Chorus (&#8220;growing erosion in confidence,&#8221; &#8220;incompetence&#8221;)<\/strong> directly indicts Trump&#8217;s leadership style \u2014 <strong data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"874\">every time he speaks, public trust worsens<\/strong>, because his incompetence becomes <strong data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"934\">more and more obvious<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1186\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1186\"><strong data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"979\">Bridge (&#8220;can I have the last dance&#8221;)<\/strong> introduces a metaphor of finality. It&#8217;s a request to <strong data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1049\">end this era<\/strong> \u2014 <em data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1082\">&#8220;let this be the last dance&#8221;<\/em>, <em data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1125\">&#8220;the last time we have to endure this.&#8221;<\/em> There&#8217;s an emotional fatigue, but also <strong data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1185\">hope for closure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1557\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1557\"><strong data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1262\">Verse 2 (&#8220;protectionism is not patriotism,&#8221; &#8220;sadism and narcissism&#8221;)<\/strong> delivers a brutal analysis: Trump&#8217;s economic nationalism is portrayed as <strong data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1407\">destructive, selfish, and driven by ego rather than love of country<\/strong>. The &#8220;self-perish&#8221; line suggests that <strong data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1481\">his policies are self-defeating<\/strong>, leading the nation toward <strong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1556\">economic and diplomatic isolation and decay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1827\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1827\"><strong data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1621\">The imagery of &#8220;parasitic terroristic evangelic tarnish&#8221;<\/strong> implies that Trump\u2019s influence is not only <strong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1706\">damaging politically and economically<\/strong>, but also <strong data-start=\"1717\" data-end=\"1754\">contaminates culture and morality<\/strong> \u2014 fusing extremism, violence, and distorted religiosity into governance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"2097\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"2097\"><strong data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1883\">Break (&#8220;lack of confidence, taken up residence&#8221;)<\/strong> emphasizes that <strong data-start=\"1900\" data-end=\"1989\">public distrust is no longer an occasional problem \u2014 it\u2019s now permanent and pervasive<\/strong> under Trump&#8217;s leadership. The repetition of &#8220;going down&#8221; evokes a <strong data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2072\">sinking ship<\/strong> \u2014 a country in freefall.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2286\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2101\" data-end=\"2286\"><strong data-start=\"2101\" data-end=\"2127\">Final Chorus and Outro<\/strong> hammer the point home: the nation is <strong data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2234\">crumbling under the weight of incompetence, dishonesty, and chaos<\/strong>. The evidence is overwhelming, the fall inevitable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/under-control\/\">Under Control<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The-Last-Dance-0.mp3 The-Last-Dance-0.mp4 The-Last-Dance-I.mp3 The-Last-Dance-I.mp4 The-Last-Dance-intro.mp3 [Intro] There&#8217;s a growing erosion in confidence Having to do with incompetence Every opening of mouth is evidence Of our circumstance [Bridge] [Instrumental, Guitar Solo] [Verse 1] Not just a whiff of tariff if Something is rotten in Denmark The mark of the devil (ill evil) Says he will steal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[4122],"class_list":["post-43276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-under-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43295,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43276\/revisions\/43295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}