Ladies and Gentelmen You came back You always come back Catalogued the hunger at the gate before you crossed the threshold Calculated cost of every crack inside the things you were told Clocked the goosebumps when the calliope cut through the cautious Watched you check the exits while pretending to be nauseous Recognized the posture of the person who arrived already knowing Watched you call yourself observer while the wanting kept on growing Read the tells, the slightly faster breath, the manufactured distance Dressed-up devastation parading as a reasonable resistance I don't peddle paradise and I don't sell the cure I peddle the permission slip for what was always yours The thing beneath the doctrine that they plastered over twice The thing you felt before they told you had a price You didn't come here for the freaks The freaks came here for you Step right up Step right up The only honest show in town Step right up Step right up Step right up Where the cost is just the crown We don't sell you what you need We sell you what you are Step right up Step right up The ringmaster is waiting in the dark Pew-warmer Monday something else entirely after dark Every contradicting self a different frequency and mark Fractured is the feature, you're not broken you're - baroque Every monster in the mirror is a masterpiece that woke Counted all the costumes that you keep in separate rooms Separate rooms I've got a tent that fits them all and loves the ones that loom The lane they said to stay inside was leash dressed up as goal The parts they made you bury at the gate of the respectable Were standing here last night I let them in for free They looked like you before the lesson Before the apology You knew what this was before you read the sign You felt it in the marrow at the bottom of the line Step right up Step right up Step right up The only honest show in town Step right up Step right up Step right up Where the cost is just the crown We don't sell you what you need We sell you what you are Step right up The ringmaster is waiting in the dark I am not your savior I am not your priest I am the name they gave the thing They locked up like a beast I am not the answer I am the open wound And the entrance fee Is the version of yourself You left outside the room You paid in years You paid in shame You paid in every version of yourself They gave a better name Paid them Paid in silence Paid in seams Paid in everything you wanted That they turned into blasphemes And now you're here Here With the receipt Every single thing they cost you Still between your teeth Step right up Step right up Step right up The only honest show is burning down Step right up Step right up We don't sell the crown We are the crown We don't sell you what you need We sell you back yourself Step right up The ringmaster Was always you Step right up The ringmaster was always you
