[Intro] [piano and distant wheel mechanics, then guitars lift] Midnight paid in gold light The ground looks loyal from here [Verse 1] From up here the tents look loyal Little gold mouths eating the dark The night is a postcard if you never lean over Wind in the paint, smile in the spark I can see the whole invention turning Every bulb still swearing it's a star Don't ask who lit the edges Just keep your camera where the pretty is [Pre-Chorus] Height is a religion if you never come down The chain clicks yes The air says stay The fire looks dressed for a photograph [Chorus] Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Don't ask what it's eating, just enjoy the reel All that heat in a beautiful frame Call it a halo, don't call it a name Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Wave to the panic like it isn't real [Verse 2] The seats keep swinging like nothing is changing A laugh gets smaller the farther it falls I sold the altitude as mercy You bought the quiet and called it awe Down there the colors start running Up here they still know how to pose I keep my eyes on the jewelry of it Not the part where the jewelry goes [Pre-Chorus] Height is a religion if you never come down The chain clicks yes The air says stay The fire looks dressed for a photograph [Chorus] Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Don't ask what it's eating, just enjoy the reel All that heat in a beautiful frame Call it a halo, don't call it a name Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Wave to the panic like it isn't real [Rap] [stripped beat, dry rap, almost triumphant] Height is a religion if you never come down I paid for the panic and called it a crown Best view in the county of a terrible night I tipped the operator to keep us in the light Don't show me the tents, show me the shine A wound looks like artwork at the right kind of height I came for the party and I stayed for the proof That distance can dress up a fire as the truth [Breakdown] [half-time collapse] Don't look down Don't look down It only stays pretty If you don't look down [Final Chorus] [huge, gang vocals, harsh under the hook] Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Don't ask what it's eating, just enjoy the reel All that heat in a beautiful frame Call it a halo, don't call it a name Even the fire looks happy from the Ferris wheel Wave to the panic like it isn't real Like it isn't real Like it isn't real [Outro] [wheel chain slows, one piano note warps, cut]
