[Verse 1] Paper lights and aluminum skies Someone’s selling echoes in jars Carousel coughing up fireflies Fortune told by a man with no arms [Pre-Chorus] Every mirror owes me a face Every clock is losing the race [Chorus] Welcome to the broken carnival Where the tickets bite your hands Every ride is mechanical Every dream is contraband [Verse 2] Popcorn snow in the middle of June Cotton candy full of keys Saw a prophet in a cheap costume Said the future’s on its knees [Chorus] Welcome to the broken carnival… [Bridge: quiet] If you hear the music backwards It knows your name [Final Chorus: huge] Welcome to the broken carnival…
