[Verse 1] Canvas tent Reeks of rust and sugar Tickets drip Red ink on my hand Carved-on smile In the funhouse mirror I don't look Like I understand Cotton candy Clotted on the gravel Call my number Paint it on the knives Ringmaster Counting silver halos Says “Step up Trade your little life” [Chorus] Welcome to the DEATH CIRCUS Line up Line up Spill your fear in the sawdust Time's up Time's up (hey!) Every seat is a coffin Every laugh is a curse If you're breathing You're bleeding In the DEATH CIRCUS [Verse 2] Clowns chew glass Smiling through the splinters All the lions Wear electric chains Kids throw coins Into open caskets Wish for love And get gasoline Ferris wheel Stuck on forty stories Couples dangling By a rusted screw Fire breather Chokes on all his secrets Blows them out They look like you [Chorus] Welcome to the DEATH CIRCUS Line up Line up Spill your fear in the sawdust Time's up Time's up (woah) Every seat is a coffin Every laugh is a curse If you're breathing You're bleeding In the DEATH CIRCUS [Bridge] Step right in To the center ring Hear your name Like a broken string You paid cheap For a front row view Now the closing trick Is you (is you) [Chorus] Welcome to the DEATH CIRCUS Line up Line up Spill your fear in the sawdust Time's up Time's up (hey!) Every seat is a coffin Every laugh is a curse If you're breathing You're bleeding In the DEATH CIRCUS
