The violinist puts his violin away   Forbidden city broken into tonight   I use my blindfold to dry my tears   The stage is empty and tired of light      But when I do the fan dance   I'm all the red in China   I'm dialing life up on my telescope   Fringe and mathematics   Shaking down the curtain   To find the dragon parade      And when I do the fan dance   The searchlights answer gunfire   Angels escort falling mercies   Hearts shut off like streetlights   But even in the blackout   I'll find my balcony rose      The violinist puts his violin away   Forbidden city broken into tonight   I use my blindfold to dry the tears   The stage is empty and tired of light      But when I do the fan dance   I'm firecracker lightning   I burn with no trace up in the cold sky   I am broken open   Waiting for inventions   Of light that see through to love      When I do the fan dance   I'm all the red in China   You write your questions on my skin   I'll be in your dark streets   To keep the lantern burning   Until your new world begins