[Verse 1] The lights are low in the empty ring Red curtains hang like broken wings There’s laughter crawling through the floor But nobody’s laughing anymore He wears a grin like a sharpened blade Painted wide where the fear was made Every spotlight starts to bleed When he walks in on painted teeth [Pre-chorus 1] Step right up Don’t look away The mask comes alive When the music plays [Break] [Chorus] Painted teeth Smiling through the smoke Big bad grin Like a promise broke Round and round In the devil’s parade You came for the show Now you can’t escape Painted teeth Under carnival lights He laughs in the dark And he feeds on fright [Verse 2] There’s rust on the rails and stains on the floor Names scratched deep by the exit door Every mirror bends his face Like hell dressed up as a holy place He doesn’t run, he lets you freeze Lets the silence cut your knees One slow breath, one tilted head Then the whole damn tent starts seeing red [Pre-chorus 2] Step right up Hear the chains The joke gets darker When no one remains [Bridge] [Spoken] Behind the paint there’s something worse A rotten prayer A circus curse He is the punchline He is the scream The nightmare waiting Behind the dream So clap your hands And count to three The final act Is you and me [Final Chorus] Painted teeth Smiling through the smoke Big bad grin Like a soul he stole Round and round In the devil’s parade The lights go out But the grin still stays Painted teeth Under dying lights He laughs in the dark And he owns the night [Outro] [Spoken] The curtains fall The crowd won’t speak All that’s left Are painted teeth
