[Intro] [soft calliope, wind, distant crowd] Pink cloud first Then the burn underneath [Verse 1] Pink cloud, cheap light, everybody floating You can hold it if you don't ask what it's made of Spun sugar hanging in the heat like a halo It sticks to the teeth and it sweetens the warning [Pre-Chorus] Call it perfume Call it part of the show If it burns sweet We don't have to know [Chorus] [half-time stomp] If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Cotton candy smoke on a beautiful night Keep your mouth open, keep your eyes kind If the air turns gray, that's just the mood lighting If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Don't name the fire while the sugar still flies [Verse 2] Kids on the rail with a cloud in each hand Laughing through a taste that used to be pink I watched the color leave and I didn't say weather I said atmosphere. I said stay. I said drink. [Pre-Chorus] Call it perfume Call it part of the show If it burns sweet We don't have to know [Chorus] [half-time stomp] If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Cotton candy smoke on a beautiful night Keep your mouth open, keep your eyes kind If the air turns gray, that's just the mood lighting If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Don't name the fire while the sugar still flies [Rap] [stripped beat, dry rap] I watched the sugar turn gray in my hand Still told the kids it was part of the plan You can sell a warning if you wrap it in spin Call the first ash a feature, not the end I keep the smile warm so the line doesn't break If I flinch at the smell then the night stays awake Don't look at the tents, look at the glow Sweet smoke means the party's still under control [Breakdown] [low guitars, shouted] Call it perfume Call it perfume Don't name it Don't name it [Final Chorus] [clean hook, harsh vocals underneath] If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Cotton candy smoke on a beautiful night Keep your mouth open, keep your eyes kind If the air turns gray, that's just the mood lighting If it burns sweet, we call it perfume Don't name the fire while the sugar still flies Don't name the fire Don't name the fire [Outro] [calliope warps a half-step, smoke hiss, hard cut]
