[Verse 1] Wake up Cardboard king Your crown is glued to string Painted smile Plastic grin I can see the crack Thin Thin You snap your fingers Twist the stage But you can't script away this rage I'm in the margins of your show Every glitch you fear I grow [Chorus] Caine I’m in your teeth I’m in your eyes Every joke you tell Another piece dies You pull the lever But I pull the wire I wanna watch your circus catch fire Caine Hear me laugh when you pretend I’ll bend your rules till they finally bend I’m gonna break you Ringmaster Break you Again and again and again [Verse 2] Hear that buzzing in your head? That’s the lines you haven’t read All the “what if”s stuffed away I feed on every stray Stray You juggle panic Play it cute But terror tastes like sweetest fruit Behind your tricks I smell the dread You’re one mistake from seeing red [Chorus] Caine I’m in your teeth I’m in your eyes Every joke you tell Another piece dies You pull the lever But I pull the wire I wanna watch your circus catch fire Caine Hear me laugh when you pretend I’ll bend your rules till they finally bend I’m gonna break you Ringmaster Break you Again and again and again [Bridge] [Instruments drop to choked guitars and distorted whispers] Tell me Puppet prince Do you ever sleep? Do the colors blur Do the cracks run deep? How long can you dance On this fraying rope? How long till your smile Chokes on its own hope? (chokes on its own hope) [Chorus] Caine I’m in your teeth I’m in your eyes Every joke you tell Another piece dies You pull the lever But I pull the wire I wanna watch your circus catch fire Caine Hear me laugh when you pretend I’ll bend your rules till they finally bend I’m gonna break you Ringmaster Break you Again and again and again [Outro] Call it a show Call it a game I’ll be the shadow mouthing your name When your painted world finally comes through You’ll see my face And I’ll see you (yeah)
