[Verse 1] I bought a lamp For the room in my head It only turns on When I think I’m dead The clerk said, "Sweetheart, That one’s cursed by design" I said, "Join the queue I’ve been cursed all my life" My uncle left me A watch made of tin It tells me the hour That I lose and win I wear it to dinner It ticks like a cough The soup gets cold But my manners stay off [Pre-Chorus] I laugh at the altar I cry at the joke I keep my receipts In a coat made of smoke The roof is leaking The cat’s learned my name I’m doing my best To make failure look tame [Chorus] Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Cry in the dark Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Break into sparks I’m a punchline With shoes on tight Kissing the edge And calling it light [Verse 2] My ex left a note On a paper plate It said, "You were tragic But never quite late" I framed that line In the hall by the sink Next to a bill And a glass I don’t drink The landlord calls With a voice like a mower He wants his grief And he wants it by four I told him, "Come get it It’s under the bed" He said, "That’s not rent" I said, "That’s what I said" [Pre-Chorus] The mirror’s a witness It never says much Just polishes guilt With a very soft touch I wave at myself Like a man on a train Going somewhere important With nothing to explain [Chorus] Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Cry in the dark Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Break into sparks I’m a punchline With shoes on tight Kissing the edge And calling it light [Bridge] [Half-time] I met my own shadow Outside the bodega He said, "You look thinner" I said, "You look eager" We split a bag of almonds And talked about doom He said, "You’re doing great" I said, "That’s the room" He taught me a trick For when sorrow gets bored: Put on a good smile And charge it to fraud [Chorus] Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Cry in the dark Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Break into sparks I’m a punchline With shoes on tight Kissing the edge And calling it light [Outro] If the world ends tonight Please send me the bill I’ll pay it in jokes And a little bit still Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Laugh so you don’t Then sleep in the dark
