A5/9 Dance with Me in Silence (Broadway). ISRC-CB-GWT-26-00257

If I were given one borrowed night, No vows, no rules, no precedent, I'd walk this deck beside your shadow, Say what neither one has meant. City lights fall on the water, Like old statutes losing form. We stand between what's written down And what can never be sworn. What's written down? What's never sworn? Two little questions— And here we are! I'd dance with you in measured time, No witnesses, no end. A melody without a coda, A secret we don't have to defend. No signatures, no dotted lines, No clause to overrule. Just hands that meet, then hold a moment— Beyond the book of rules. No signatures! No dotted lines! No witnesses! No warning signs! Your smile— An unexpected spark, A catalyst I can't deny. Your silence speaks in careful terms. I read between your eyes. Between the lines! Between the lines! So dance with me, in silence, Where truth doesn't need a name. Dance with me, in stillness, Before the questions came. No record, no confession, No future we can claim. Dance with me, just this once— Before we lose the game! Dance! Dance! Just this once! Dance with me— Just this once! When you look into my eyes Like searching hidden lines, Our rhythm bends like side reactions— Never quite combines. This binding force we never chose Still pulls against our will. The numbers say it's real enough— Even standing still. Real enough! Real enough! Even standing still! Don't let the others know What the evidence implies. This theorem lives between us, Unspoken—but alive. Between us... Between us... So dance with me, in silence, Where proof is never shown. Dance with me, in balance, Where neither stands alone. No verdict, no conclusion, No case we have to try. Dance with me, just this moment— Before the variables die. No verdict! No conclusion! Just this moment— You and I! The protocol says, “Run!” Before the breach begins. But every road I take Leads back to you again. I question all your findings. I fear the peer review. Then let the world examine us— And tell us what is true. **[ENSEMBLE — gradually entering]** What is true? What is true? Maybe the answer Was never in the proof. So dance with me, in silence, Where truth doesn't need a name. Dance with me, together, Before we're forced away. No promise, no tomorrow, No verdict we can claim. Dance with me— Just one more time— DANCE! Dance with me— Before the curtain falls! Dance! Dance! Before the curtain falls! One borrowed night... One impossible refrain... DANCE WITH ME!