[Intro] [cello ostinato, mechanical pulse building] [Verse 1] Painted on my face before the curtain lifts Teeth that ache from grinning through the shift Spotlight finds me, swallow down the scream Same trick, same applause, same fracture in the seam The ringmaster counts the teeth inside my smile Tells me when to spin, decides how long I'm worthwhile [Pre-Chorus] I'm glitching at the edges now Forgetting how to take a bow [Chorus] Where's the exit door? I've been smiling 'til my jaw is sore Where's the exit door? Can't remember what I'm performing for Every light is on but nothing's real Spinning in a show I didn't choose to feel Where's the exit door? [Verse 2] My hands don't look like mine beneath the gloves My voice is someone else's dressed in static and in buzz The audience was never there, just mirrors on the walls Another act, another face, another curtain falls I used to know the difference between the me and mine Now I'm just the costume hanging on the line [Pre-Chorus] I'm fracturing beneath the paint Becoming everything I ain't [Chorus] Where's the exit door? I've been smiling 'til my jaw is sore Where's the exit door? Can't remember what I'm performing for Every light is on but nothing's real Spinning in a show I didn't choose to feel Where's the exit door? [Bridge] [stripped, cello alone, whispered] The cage got comfortable The chains became my spine I wore the mask so long I lost the face behind What if the door is just another stage? What if freedom is a different cage? [Final Chorus] [explosive, everything hits] WHERE'S THE EXIT DOOR? I don't even know what I'm looking for WHERE'S THE EXIT DOOR? Maybe I've been standing at it all along Every light goes dark and I can see The door was always open - it was me There is no exit door [Outro] [cello ostinato alone, pulse flatlines] The door was always open It was me
