[Intro] "Begin at the beginning," "And go on till you come to the end..." "Then stop." But the clock doesn't stop The clock just ticks. (tick... tick... tick...) Every adventure requires a first step So we step Curiouser and curiouser... [Verse 1 - Alice] Step off the ledge where the logic dissolves Watch how the grid of the pavement unrolls Gravity glitched on the way to the floor Locks on the ceiling but where is the door? Falling through years like a stone in a well Books on the shelves with no stories to tell Descent is a dream but the landing is hard Torn between childhood and playing the card I'm shrinking to fit in the rooms they designed Then growing too big for the rules of the mind Is this a transition or just a mistake? A chrysalis tearing before I awake? [Pre-Chorus] A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? [Chorus] We're all mad here, you see! Spinning in a circle till the boundaries break We're all mad here, you see! Living in the shadow of the choices we make If this is the madness, then give me the crown White rabbit runs all the way through the town [Verse 2 - The Flowers] Welcome to the garden where the gossip is grown Sweet on the surface but sharper than stone They judge by the petal, they judge by the leaf Pretty little faces harboring grief Petty and cruel in their perfect little beds Whispering poison inside of our heads "She doesn't belong here, her colors are wrong!" But I stand my ground while they sing their little song I dismiss the behavior, I walk through the weeds Your judgment is static, my garden has seeds You look so sweet till the mask starts to slip I'm cutting the roots with a smile on my lip [Pre-Chorus] A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? [Chorus] We're all mad here, you see! Spinning in a circle till the boundaries break We're all mad here, you see! Living in the shadow of the choices we make If this is the madness, then give me the crown White rabbit runs all the way through the town [Verse 3 - Tweedledee & Tweedledum] Tweedledee, Tweedledum, tumbling in Carefree and silly with a double-sided grin Innocence of children in a world full of rules Playing the blunders and mocking the schools They call us the failures, they call us the fools But we are the players who broke all the tools Apathetic to the whispers, immune to the spite We're dancing in circles in the middle of the night "I’m stranger. You’re stranger. Together, we are… strangers." No time for the anger, no time for the dangers We make the mistakes that the adults are fearing While they're busy losing the wonder they're clearing [Pre-Chorus] A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? A dream is not reality... But who's to say which is which? [Chorus] We're all mad here, you see! Spinning in a circle till the boundaries break We're all mad here, you see! Living in the shadow of the choices we make If this is the madness, then give me the crown White rabbit runs all the way through the town [Outro] Still she haunts me, phantomwise... Alice moving under skies... Never seen by waking eyes But the rabbit is still running The clock just ticks. (tick... tick... tick...)
