Stuck in the waltz

I knew I'd heard it before as I fell to the floor
And lost sight of the books on the shelf
There is no hard debate, there's no time to wait
When you have no one to blame but yourself

You know it's all arranged, the seasons will change
'Cause the sun is in endless decay
There's no one in control, the earth will revolve
A little slower with every day

We're all stuck in the waltz

Forgive me, I failed to ignore your depressions once more
And I failed to ignore that you're here
It's just that when we hold hands
Any brief romance turns a little too fast into fear
And all the quiet words that we've ever heard
Are the sum of the noises around
Written with glitter glue on a high-heeled shoe
Is a note praying "let me be found"

Face it, you're stuck in the waltz
Face it, you're stuck in the waltz

Under the microscope, where we all find hope
You'll see nothing but your last defeat
And as the silence grows, only silence knows
It gets greater for every beat

I hear the pulse of the drum like dead bones against stone
He's been caught stealing it from a friend
Now every single tone is a haunting moan
Repeating the same tune again

Face it, you're stuck in the waltz, stuck in the waltz
Face it, you're stuck in the waltz
We're all stuck