Cotton Candy Cage

[Verse 1]
In my skull, the ring is packed
Tiny lions circling back
A poster peels off my brain
Same old grin, new kind of pain

A clown shoes tap on the floor
Knocks three times, then asks for more
My thoughts in sequins, all in rows
One wrong tug and the curtain blows

[Pre-Chorus]
Step right up, don't look away
I keep the dark in a velvet tray
You can hear it when I breathe
A whole big freak show under me

[Chorus]
This strange circus world
Spins in my head
(Strange circus world)
Tightrope over red
I laugh, I fall
I clap, I bleed
(Strange circus world)
That world is me

[Verse 2]
Saw a tiger in the sink
He told me things I shouldn't think
A mirror spun, a painted face
Kept changing shape in second place

The strongman lifts my smallest fear
Then drops it loud, right in my ear
And every night the same parade
Marches past the bones I made

[Pre-Chorus]
Step right up, don't look away
I keep the dark in a velvet tray
You can hear it when I breathe
A whole big freak show under me

[Chorus]
This strange circus world
Spins in my head
(Strange circus world)
Tightrope over red
I laugh, I fall
I clap, I bleed
(Strange circus world)
That world is me

[Bridge]
[Breakdown]
If I get quiet, don't be scared
I'm just the fire under there
Hiding in a painted tent
Holding every accident

So ring the bell, let the fit begin
I'm my own museum of skin
And when the crowd chants my name
I come alive inside the flame

[Final Chorus]
This strange circus world
Spins in my head
(Strange circus world)
Tightrope over red
I laugh, I fall
I clap, I bleed
(Strange circus world)
That world is me
This strange circus world
Don't set me free
(Strange circus world)
It's where I breathe
I laugh, I fall
I clap, I bleed
(Strange circus world)
That world is me