The song
opens with contributions that are individually non-complex, yet collectively
powerful. A synth playing a repeating four-note sequence is soon joined by gentle
acoustic guitar and baritone vocals with a relaxing gravelly quality. And the first
line of the lyrics is an uninsightful, everyday question – “So, who’s making
coffee?”. The start is simple but attention-gripping, baiting the listener
with expectations for even more. The “more” arrives 23 hypnotic seconds into “Dance
With Me,” when percussion and an electric guitar enter without disrupting the
intimacy of the song from Sam Himself.
Still, the full beauty of the song isn’t revealed until the lead vocals are joined by more melodically smooth backing vocals at 0:44. The contrast is striking. The female vocalist is Boshra AlSaadi, who is from Damascus, Syria, but currently resides in New York. And the full splendor of Dance With Me” isn’t appreciated until the final minute, when the song crescendos to an energizing summit, then drops to a conclusion that is instrumentally calm and lyrically telling - “Dance with me / Nothing’s ever worth fighting for / In the end”.
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Lyrics of “Dance With Me” by Sam Himself
So, who’s making coffee?
Been lying here awhile
Too late for whiskey
It might be time
It might be time
So dance with me
Like there’s nothing worth fighting for
Dance with me
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Cards on the nightstand
Your head or mine
I’ll cry like an orphan for you
Smile like a knife
The worst of us got the best of us
Now the best we got ain’t good enough
It might be time
So dance with me
Like we never danced before
Dance with me
Dance with me all the way to the door
Dance with me
Love makes losers of us all
Dance with me
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Dance with me
Nothing’s ever worth fighting for
In the end
So, who’s making coffee?
Been lying here awhile
Too late for whiskey
It might be time
It might be time
So dance with me
Like there’s nothing worth fighting for
Dance with me
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Cards on the nightstand
Your head or mine
I’ll cry like an orphan for you
Smile like a knife
The worst of us got the best of us
Now the best we got ain’t good enough
It might be time
So dance with me
Like we never danced before
Dance with me
Dance with me all the way to the door
Dance with me
Love makes losers of us all
Dance with me
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Like it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right now don’t think twice
Dance with me
Nothing’s ever worth fighting for
In the end