Ladies and gentlemen
From Vienna to Miami
From the palace to the party
They call him
Disco Machiavelli

Not a prince
Not a saint
Just trouble in a velvet jacket

He walks in late with a golden cane
White silk shirt and a champagne stain
Everybody knows but nobody tells
He buys bad luck and sells it well

Midnight phone no caller ID
Three black cars on a one-way street
He says “my dear don’t follow the rules”
Then disappears by the swimming pool

He’s got the city on a string
He makes the mirror wanna sing
Too much charm too much heat
Dancing like a scandal in the street

Disco Machiavelli
Oh-oh he’s ready
Heart so heavy
But the beat so steady

Disco Machiavelli
Ciao baby ciao
Everybody wants him
Nobody knows how

Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Nicht so schnell mein Freund

She met him once at the Hotel Noir
Red wine smile and a stolen car
He said “love is politics darling you’ll see”
Then left her name on the balcony

Velvet gloves dangerous plans
Kissing rings on invisible hands
He don’t dance he negotiates
With the DJ and the city gates

He’s got the night under control
Silver shoes and a borrowed soul
Too much style too much speed
Living like the headline of the week

Disco Machiavelli
Oh-oh he’s ready
Heart so heavy
But the beat so steady

Disco Machiavelli
Ciao baby ciao
Everybody wants him
Nobody knows how

Signorina
Listen carefully
Power is a dance floor
And everybody pays entry

He said it with a smile
Then he vanished in the bassline

Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Dance with the devil
But dress like heaven

Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Too much drama
Too much leather

Disco Machiavelli
Oh-oh he’s ready
Heart so heavy
But the beat so steady

Disco Machiavelli
Ciao baby ciao
Everybody wants him
Nobody knows how

Disco Machiavelli
Oh-oh he’s ready
Velvet panic
Television confetti

Disco Machiavelli
Ciao baby ciao
He was here for a minute
He’s a legend now

From Vienna to Miami
From the palace to the party

Disco Machiavelli

Ciao baby ciao

Strangers in the backseat city hum’s a lullaby
Silhouettes in rearview glass fading with the sky
No confessions just the tension
Sipping on a moment we won’t define

And I pull the static closer
Your eyes say more than closure
Burning through the calm again—mmm ahh—yeah

We crash like it's art no frame can hold us
Running on fumes but the night still chose us
Pulse in sync no need for fate
Ooh—yeah keep me in that state
(Hey!) keep me in that—(uh!) state

Tuned to our own channel we’re no one's broadcast
We don't leave trails only moments that last
No compass no plans
Just two outliers with no demands

Every glitch is gold tonight
We’re wired for the fight or flight
Touch like gravity—hmm—aah—pulls me right

We crash like it's art no frame can hold us
Running on fumes but the night still chose us
Pulse in sync no need for fate
Ooh—yeah keep me in that state
(Hey!) keep me in that—(uh!) state

No rewind just loops we bend
Every second a means not the end
Not broken—just bent in rhythm

Hah—mm-mm—hah
Cold air warm static—
No words left just the habit

[Final Chorus]
We crash like it's art no frame can hold us
Running on fumes but the night still chose us
Pulse in sync no need for fate
Ooh—yeah keep me in that state
(Hey!) keep me in that—(uh!) state—woah

I saw your name in the window light
spelled out backwards on a passing bus
city heat on a borrowed bike
and a little bit of trouble looking back at us

You had a laugh like a camera flash
gone too soon but it burned the room
I had a heart with a broken latch
swinging open to a silver moon

We don't need forever to feel electric
just a little voltage under the skin
You move like velvet circuits
turning all my lonely lights on again
If the night tries to sell us silence
we'll answer with a melody and grin
You move like velvet circuits
and I keep coming back to begin

Coffee cold on a rooftop stair
bassline leaking from a taxi door
You tied a ribbon in your midnight hair
said the future isn't hungry anymore

I was counting every exit sign
making maps out of ways to leave
Then you put your hand inside of mine
like a rhythm that remembered me

We don't need forever to feel electric
just a little voltage under the skin
You move like velvet circuits
turning all my lonely lights on again
If the night tries to sell us silence
we'll answer with a melody and grin
You move like velvet circuits
and I keep coming back to begin

All my static turns to motion
all my caution learns to shine
There's a pulse beneath the pavement
keeping perfect crooked time

We don't need forever to feel electric
just a little voltage under the skin
You move like velvet circuits
turning all my lonely lights on again
If the night tries to sell us silence
we'll answer with a melody and grin
You move like velvet circuits
and I keep coming back to begin

Velvet circuits in the crosswalk glow
Velvet circuits and the city knows
Velvet circuits when the morning spins
I keep coming back to begin

You walked in and the room woke up
Heartbeat shifting rising up
There’s a rhythm in the way you move
Pulls me forward changes the mood
Didn’t plan on feeling this vibe
But something in the moment came alive
No pressure just an easy flow
Like the night already knows

I feel a pulse lining up with mine
Every step falling right in time

You light it from within from within
Turn a quiet spark into a fire again
Every move you make pulls me in
Yeah we’re lifting lifting
You light it from within from within
Let the beat carry everything we’re feeling
If the night begins anywhere it begins
When you light it from within

You laugh and the whole floor shifts
Like the air just got a little lift
I can read you in the way you sway
Telling me there's more to say
No maps no plans to follow
Just a rhythm we borrow
Every turn feels natural now
Don’t know why don’t need to know how

I feel a pulse lining up with mine
Every step falling right in time

You light it from within from within
Turn a quiet spark into a fire again
Every move you make pulls me in
Yeah we’re lifting lifting
You light it from within from within
Let the beat carry everything we’re feeling
If the night begins anywhere it begins
When you light it from within

Maybe this is something rare
Something built on open air
If the world slows down tonight
Let it slow on this side

You light it from within from within
Turn a quiet spark into a fire again
Every move you make pulls me in
Yeah we’re lifting lifting
You light it from within from within
Let the beat carry everything we’re feeling
If the night begins anywhere it begins
When you light it from within

Mm-mm
Ha ha
Little white lie
Little white lie

You said you were leaving
But you stayed by the door
Counting all the reasons
On the kitchen floor

I had my coat on
You had that face
Both of us pretending
This was not the place

Oh we make it pretty
Then we make it hurt
Say it like a joke
When we know it works

You call me darling
Like it saves the night
I say I’m fine
That’s my little white lie

I dance when I’m breaking
Smile when I cry
Move like I mean it
Under soft blue sky

You say you’re sorry
I say that’s alright
We both look good
In a little white lie

Little white lie
Little white lie
We both look good
In a little white lie

Your hand on the table
Mine on the glass
Funny how forever
Can disappear so fast

No heavy drama
No slammed front door
Just a quiet rhythm
Where we wanted more

Oh we make it pretty
Then we make it hurt
Say it like a joke
When we know it works

You call me darling
Like it saves the night
I say I’m fine
That’s my little white lie

I dance when I’m breaking
Smile when I cry
Move like I mean it
Under soft blue sky

You say you’re sorry
I say that’s alright
We both look good
In a little white lie

Little white lie
Little white lie
We both look good
In a little white lie

No big goodbye
No final scene
Just you and me
Acting clean

Ha
Isn’t it sweet?
Ha
Isn’t it sad?

I dance when I’m breaking
Smile when I cry
Move like I mean it
Under soft blue sky

You say you’re sorry
I say that’s alright
We both look good
In a little white lie

Little white lie
Little white lie
We both look good
In a little white lie

Little white lie
Little white lie
I say I’m fine
That’s my little white lie

In the embrace of the music we're swept away
Every beat a promise of a brighter day
With every move we write our own story
In this dance we find our glory

Shoes off by the door
Got that first-day heat
Screen door slams behind me
Bare feet on the street
I had a long cold week
Now the sky says go
Your laugh on my tongue
Like a soft encore

Oh it’s coming on fast
Like a wave in my chest
I can feel it now
I don’t need to guess

Summer starts I’m happy
Summer starts I’m here
Take my hand come closer
Keep that feeling near
Summer starts I’m happy (happy)
Summer starts right here
We can run forever
Let it stay all year

Cold drinks on the curb
Melting in the sun
You got that easy grin
Like the day’s just begun
Kids yelling down the block
Ice cream on our shirts
Nothing on the calendar
Nothing but this world

Oh it’s coming on fast
Like a wave in my chest
I can feel it now
I don’t need to guess

Summer starts I’m happy
Summer starts I’m here
Take my hand come closer
Keep that feeling near
Summer starts I’m happy (happy)
Summer starts right here
We can run forever
Let it stay all year

We don’t need a reason
We don’t need a plan
Just the open air
And your warm hand
If the night moves slowly
Let it take its time
I found my little forever
In the yellow shine

Summer starts I’m happy
Summer starts I’m here
Take my hand come closer
Keep that feeling near
Summer starts I’m happy (happy)
Summer starts right here
We can run forever
Let it stay all year

Prompt

Another one for Claire
Third one this week
I don’t know Claire
But apparently everyone else does

The first came from a dentist
The second from Marseille
Then a postcard with a bicycle
And nothing much to say

A catalogue from somewhere
A birthday card from June
Someone wrote I hope you finally
Did the thing you wanted to

I put them in a shoebox
Underneath the telephone
By October I knew Claire
Better than some people I had known

She buys books she never finishes
She owes somebody twenty-three
And someone named Luc keeps writing
Please call me when you’re free

Claire you’re getting mail again
Claire they think you still live here
Someone misses your handwriting
Someone thinks you disappeared

Claire I know it isn’t my business
But your life keeps coming through
In envelopes with my address
And every one belongs to you

Then Tuesday around seven
There was knocking at my door
A woman with a yellow umbrella
Said I think I lived here before

She looked at all the letters
Then laughed and covered her face
Said I left in such a hurry
I forgot to change the place

I handed her the shoebox
She sat down on the stairs
Said half of these I don’t want
You can keep the ones from Pierre

She took the dentist took Marseille
Left the birthday card with me
Then crossed out Luc’s old number
Said some people should stay history

Claire you got your mail again
Claire you finally came back here
Somebody kept your handwriting
Somebody knew you’d reappear

Claire it wasn’t any of my business
Still your life came passing through
In envelopes with my address
Till one Tuesday there was you

She left the umbrella
Took the box
Came back laughing
Twenty seconds later

I said Claire
You forget a lot

She said
That’s how I travel

Claire no more mail today
Claire no mystery to keep
Just an empty little shoebox
And the stairs beneath my feet

Claire I never knew your whole life
Only what the postman knew
Funny how a wrong address
Can introduce somebody to you

Thursday morning
One small envelope

My name this time

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Lyrics

[Intro]
(Ooh)
Yeah yeah
Uh-huh
Look at that
Look at that

You said forever on a Tuesday night
By Thursday you were outta sight
Had your name all over my screen
Now it’s just a memory machine

Funny how the silence got loud
Funny how you’re nowhere around
Used to know the code to my heart
Now you couldn’t find where to start

I was waitin’ by the telephone
Every little buzz had me gone
Now I let it ring all night long

You can’t call me back
Too late for that
I already packed up all the feelings that I had

You can’t call me back
No turnin’ back
Found a better rhythm when you slipped right through my hands

Oh-oh-oh
I’m good like that
Oh-oh-oh
You can’t call me back

Saw your picture through a friend’s friend’s post
Thought I’d feel somethin’ almost
But the room kept spinnin’ just fine
Guess the sun still knows how to shine

Every promise got a price tag now
Every “sorry” sounds the same somehow
You can send another late-night text
But I ain’t the one that’s next

I was waitin’ by the telephone
Every little buzz had me gone
Now I let it ring all night long

You can’t call me back
Too late for that
I already packed up all the feelings that I had

You can’t call me back
No turnin’ back
Found a better rhythm when you slipped right through my hands

Oh-oh-oh
I’m good like that
Oh-oh-oh
You can’t call me back

Na-na-na
Look who’s lonely now
Na-na-na
Tryna figure it out

Ha!
That’s funny somehow

[Final Chorus]
You can’t call me back
Too late for that
I already packed up all the feelings that I had

You can’t call me back
No turnin’ back
Found a better rhythm when you slipped right through my hands

Oh-oh-oh
I’m good like that
Oh-oh-oh
You can’t call me back

Yeah yeah
Too late now
(Ooh)
You can’t call me back… 🎵