[Hook] Life is a circus! 🎪 Smile like you earned this! Life is a circus! 🎪 Act like it’s perfect! Life is a circus! 🎪 Nobody’s nervous— No one’s making it off this ride alive So close the curtain! ⸻ [Verse 1] Step right up, yeah welcome inside Cotton candy lies and a hell of a ride Bright lights blind but the cracks don’t hide Paint on thick just to get through the night Ringmaster yelling “just play your part” Tightrope walking with a broke-down heart Laugh track rolling when it falls apart Clap on cue, yeah that’s modern art ⸻ [Hook] Life is a circus! 🎪 Smile like you earned this! Life is a circus! 🎪 Act like it’s perfect! Life is a circus! 🎪 Nobody’s nervous— No one’s making it off this ride alive So close the curtain! ⸻ [Verse 2] Trapeze swinging but the net’s not there Everybody smiling like they don’t care Lions in a cage but they call it fair Whole damn show and we’re unaware I bought a ticket, I took my seat Front row view of the same routine Everybody clapping like it’s all a dream But the cracks show through in the in-between ⸻ [Hook] Life is a circus! 🎪 Smile like you earned this! Life is a circus! 🎪 Act like it’s perfect! Life is a circus! 🎪 Nobody’s nervous— No one’s making it off this ride alive So close the curtain! ⸻ [Bridge – slightly quieter, eerie] Round and round and it never stops Painted faces, mechanical thoughts Wave goodbye but the ride don’t pause You don’t leave… you just get lost ⸻ [Final Hook – bigger, shout it] Life is a circus! 🎪 Smile like you earned this! Life is a circus! 🎪 Act like it’s perfect! Life is a circus! 🎪 Nobody’s nervous— No one’s making it off this ride alive So close the curtain!
