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Circus

  1. (Verse 1)
  2. The greasepaint is cracking, it’s flaking off in the wind
  3. I can taste the copper of a lip that’s been bitten thin
  4. Five minutes till the curtain rips, the crowd is a roar
  5. A thousand hungry eyes screaming for a little bit more
  6. And my palms aren’t sweaty, they’re slick with a chemical shine
  7. The smell of sawdust and old popcorn crossing the line
  8. I’m pacing the wings, counting heartbeats, one, two, three
  9. While the ringmaster’s grinning, looking right through me
  10. He says, "Go out there and dance, kid, make 'em believe the lie"
  11. But the wire is fraying and the safety net is dry
  12. I’ve spent ten years learning how to fall without a sound
  13. While the world above me thinks I’m barely touching the ground
  14. I’m a freak, I’m a jester, I’m the ghost in the machine
  15. The most expensive tragedy that you’ve ever seen.
  16.  
  17. (Chorus)
  18. Step right up, watch the collapse of the soul
  19. Lose your grip on the wire, lose all control
  20. It’s a circus, a riot, a beautiful mess
  21. A lifetime of longing in a sequined dress
  22. One shot to fly, one chance to ignite
  23. Before the big top falls and swallows the light
  24. Welcome to the show, where the broken get paid
  25. And we dance on the edge of the choices we made.
  26.  
  27. (Verse 2)
  28. Now the spotlight hits and it’s blinding, a white hot glare
  29. I can feel the sudden vacuum, the gasp of the air
  30. I’m stepping out on the cable, a thin silver thread
  31. Between the applause of the living and the silence of the dead
  32. And my balance is a gamble, my center is gone
  33. I’ve been practicing this heartbreak since the break of the dawn
  34. Every stumble is a feature, every tremor is a part
  35. Of the desperate, dying rhythm of a performer's heart
  36. They want the spectacle, they want to see the plummet
  37. They want to see a man reach the peak just to summit
  38. Then slide down the slope into the dirt and the grime
  39. I’m fighting for my life, one heartbeat at a time
  40. And I’m staring at the crowd, and they look like a blur
  41. A smudge of human longing, a collective, frantic stir
  42. And I realize the secret—the trick to the game—
  43. The circus isn't the tent, it's the way we hide the shame.
  44.  
  45. (Chorus)
  46. Step right up, watch the collapse of the soul
  47. Lose your grip on the wire, lose all control
  48. It’s a circus, a riot, a beautiful mess
  49. A lifetime of longing in a sequined dress
  50. One shot to fly, one chance to ignite
  51. Before the big top falls and swallows the light
  52. Welcome to the show, where the broken get paid
  53. And we dance on the edge of the choices we made.
  54.  
  55. (Bridge)
  56. No one tells you about the silence after the crowd leaves
  57. The way the canvas shivers, the way the wind grieves
  58. The makeup doesn't come off, it just sinks in the skin
  59. And you wonder where the act ends and the person begins.
  60. (Beat builds back up—slowly, like a ticking bomb)
  61. The wire is snapping...
  62. The rope is fraying...
  63. The crowd is waiting...
  64. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
  65.  
  66. (Verse 3)
  67. So let the drums crash, let the tigers break the cage
  68. I’m writing my legacy on a torn up center stage
  69. I don’t need a safety net, I don’t need a hand to hold
  70. I’d rather burn the whole tent down than do what I’m told
  71. I’m a product of the panic, a student of the fear
  72. The only one who’s honest in a city of veneer
  73. And if I fall, let the impact be the sound of the truth
  74. The scream of the veteran, the gamble of the youth
  75. I’ve been chasing this moment, this singular spark
  76. A flash of gold lighting up the oppressive, heavy dark
  77. So watch me leap, watch me dive, watch the trajectory bend
  78. This is where the performance starts and the pretending ends
  79. I’m not a clown, I’m not a puppet, I’m the master of the fall
  80. And for one brief second... I can finally see it all.
  81.  
  82. (Outro)
  83. Step right up.
  84. Take a bow.
  85. The lights are out.
  86. Now we leave.

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