Step Right Up

Step right up, step right up! Watch the miracle malfunction. We turned salvation into souvenirs and called it mercy No refunds. No exits. No witnesses Well, that matter... If they sell you eternity, check what's screaming underneath it. Shit! Here we go! Long live the freaks, the damned, the obscene We're the glitch in the bloodstream of the american dream Paint my sins in neon, let the whole world stare If heaven wants obedience, it can choke on da fuck'n air No gods left to impress, no masters to please I set fire to the leash and danced in the god-damned streets If this is damnation, then hand me the crown I built my empire on the thing they buried underground I wasn't born, I was processed through a myth machine Stamped obey, barcode stitched where my heart should've been They fed me sugar-coated threats in a porcelain spoon Said the poison tastes better when you swallow it soon They built a throne out of vertebrae and called it divine Said the pain was proof the suffering was working just fine Every halo got a serial number burned in the gold Every prayer was a leash with a choke-chain hold Drip drop drip drop doctrine's deplorable Sold you your cage and convinced you it's portable Dead men don't question the deal that they swallowed They told me kneel to be free, said surrender is strength But freedom never bent, it just snapped the chain at full length I saw the puppeteer sweating behind the velvet grin Turns out God was just a ventriloquist living in my skin They don't need walls They taught you to guard your own cell They don't need hell They brand your breath as blasphemy Long live the freaks, the damned, the obscene We're the glitch in the bloodstream of the american dream Paint my sins in neon, let the whole world stare If heaven wants obedience, it can choke on da fuck'n air No gods left to impress, no masters to please I set fire to the leash and danced in the god-damned streets If this is damnation, then hand me the crown I built my empire on the thing they buried underground Met a priest selling absolution from a folding chair Price tag? Said your shame, said (leave it right there) He said fear makes you holy, makes you easier to guide Funny how the shepherd always eats what he divides They criminalized instinct, put a badge on desire Sold you water made of gasoline, called it holy fire Dollar dressed devotion, debt disguised as divine Doctrine doing damage down the dotted line Every rule was a funnel, every truth was a cage Every saint was just a coward who behaved on the stage They said trust the invisible hand, said don't question the script But the hand was in my pocket and the script was counterfeit I chewed through the halo, spat the diamonds in the dirt Turns out paradise was just another word for hurt Tic tic tic tock ticker tape truth getting thinner House always wins when they rig the beginner Sin was a brand, guilt was the glue They sold you the wound, then sold you the cure too I found the switch behind the face of the lie Salvation's just a subscription, sin's the service fee Surrender is the product and the product isn't free Found out eternity was just fear in a tie Pulled back the curtain, no monster, no king Just a scared little man terrified of everything I am the heresy they couldn't digest I am the verdict carved into their chest I am the question that doesn't behave I am the dirt learning how to fucking misbehave Long live the freaks, the damned, the obscene We're the virus in the veins of the american dream Paint my sins in neon, let the whole world stare, If heaven wants obedience, it can choke on da fuck'n air No gods left to impress, no masters to please I set fire to the leash and danced in the god-damned streets If this is damnation, then carve it in bone The funhouse was prison, now the prison is home