Tap Dancer
Local Natives * Track #10 On Violet Street
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Album Violet Street
Tap Dancer by Local Natives
Release Date
Performed by
Local NativesProduced by
Shawn EverettWrited by
Taylor Rice & Ryan Hahn & Nik Ewing & Matt Frazier & Kelcey AyerTap Dancer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Champion on the podium, another win
Quiet when the crowds go, deafening
And he sits down in a darkening room
And he turns off the TV
[Chorus]
I don't know
Everything was easier before
Take me back
Before I knew of artificial roses
[Post-Chorus]
(I don't know)
(Everything was easier before)
(Take me back)
(Before I knew of artificial roses)
(I don't know)
(Everything was easier before)
(Take me back)
(Before I knew of artificial roses)
[Verse 2]
I wish there was magic every day
I wish it was different, not the same
It's a tap dance to you, it's a minefield to me
And I'm watching every step
[Chorus]
I don't know
Everything was easier before
Take me back
Before I knew of artificial roses
I don't know
Everything was easier before
Take me back
Before I knew of artificial roses
[Post-Chorus]
(I don't know)
(Everything was easier before)
(Take me back)
(Before I knew of artificial roses)
(I don't know)
(Everything was easier before)
(Take me back)
(Before I knew of artificial roses)
[Outro]
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Tap Dancer Q&A
Who wrote Tap Dancer's ?
Tap Dancer was written by Taylor Rice & Ryan Hahn & Nik Ewing & Matt Frazier & Kelcey Ayer.
Who produced Tap Dancer's ?
Tap Dancer was produced by Shawn Everett.
When did Local Natives release Tap Dancer?
Local Natives released Tap Dancer on Thu Apr 11 2019.
What did Local Natives say about "Tap Dancer"?
At the beginning of 2017, Taylor and I were on a houseboat in Labyrinth Canyon filming an episode of Viceland’s environmental series Earthworks, and we wanted to play something around a campfire later that night. It’s the reason we sing together on the whole song, because we liked how it felt by the...
What have the artists said about the song?
Shawn took all the vocals we recorded and smashed them together for the post-chorus vocal part. We loved that it sounded like a beautiful, alien language. It felt like another example of trying to turn chaos into something beautiful and a great bookend to close the album.
–Ryan Hahn, Consequence of...