Comfortable Dark · Album · Track 1
3 Aug 2026 · 3:23 · Swing · 196 plays
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Good evening. Good evening!
Coats to the left. Questions to the right.
The band tonight is called The Truth —
don't worry. You won't have to listen.
Come in, come in, hang your doubts at the door,
there's a coat-check girl who has heard it all before,
the drinks are strong and the ceiling's high,
and nobody in here has ever once asked why.
The floor is polished, the lamps are gold,
the only story is the one we're told,
so grab a partner, don't be shy —
the band plays on, and so do I!
Welcome to the comfortable dark! (the comfortable dark!)
Where the truth is just a band you can dance to!
Where nobody's wrong 'cause nobody has to be!
Keep your eyes on the floor and your hands in the air —
there's a window in the back, but there's nothing out there!
Welcome, welcome, pull up a chair,
to the comfortable, comfortable dark!
We've got mirrors hung on every single wall,
so whatever you believe, you'll see it in them all,
the orchestra takes requests, my friend —
we'll play your favourite lie again, again, again.
There's one small door in the eastern hall,
with a word on it nobody reads at all,
but the night is young and the band's in tune —
nobody leaves before the final tune!
Now. House rules.
Rule one: the window is a painting. It has always been a painting.
Rule two: if a man stands up and asks, "But what if we're wrong?" —
buy him a drink. He'll forget. They always forget.
Rule three... there is no rule three.
(beat) That's rule three.
(sung, sweetly) Now — let's dance!
Enjoy the show. Nobody ever does.
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