COTTON CANDY NEVER LAUGHS (Intergalactic Ice Cream Remix)

[Verse 1] Face paint cracking at the corners Polka dots stitched on my fear Everyone’s teeth look like crescents Mine just… disappear Balloons float up with their secrets I tie them tight to my wrists I have heard rumors of sunshine Read the reports of its kiss [Chorus] I know that happiness exists Like a town on a terrible map All the signs point straight to it But the roads fold back and snap I can juggle every feeling Drop them, pick them up again But joy is a foreign country I still can’t get through customs at the gate (hey) [Verse 2] Spinning on a squeaking unicycle Tiny horn pressed to my chest They scream for cream pies and chaos I mime that I’m doing my best Confetti cuts into my eyelids Glitter glued onto the bruise I’ve seen the glow on their faces I just can’t fit in those shoes [Chorus] I know that happiness exists Like a house on a far-off hill I trace its outline in the air But the doorway hates me still I can twist balloon affection Shape a dog, a heart, a crown But joy slips out through my fingers Floats up, and never comes back down [Bridge] [Laughter warps, tempo lurches, guitars and siren synths slam in] Ticket booth burning in the background Carousel screaming off-key Funnel cake ash in my throat now Crowd turns and stares right through me Calliope coughing out static Tents melt in peppermint rain Mascara rivers on my smile line Face paint fossilized in pain (yeah) [Chorus] I know that happiness exists Every poster says it’s real “Step right up, step right inside!” I can’t fake what I don’t feel I keep bowing past the curtain Trip, then take another hit Cotton candy on my tongue Still I never learn to taste it [Outro] [Beat disintegrates to distant music box and faint low-end growl] Rubber nose resting on the table Wig nailed up on the wall If joy is hiding in this circus It skipped my dressing room call