[Verse 1] They lined up at the door to hear you tell it The timing and the pause, you never missed You made a room of strangers feel like family Made loneliness a thing you could dismiss But makeup comes off in the bathroom mirror And laughter leaves a ringing in the ears You sat beside a phone that wouldn't ring From someone disappearing into years [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's healer Nobody's cure [Chorus] She took a bow before the final act Walked offstage and never once looked back All your laughter couldn't reach that dark Couldn't find the exit, couldn't find her heart She took a bow, you're still searching the crowd The funniest man alive Can't make a sound [Verse 2] You learned to read a room before it happened To catch the beat, to hold them in your hand But she was locked behind a smile you couldn't read A language love was never meant to understand The photographs still show her at the table Her voicemail saved, you play it every night Rehearsing all the things you should have said The punchline to a joke you'll never find [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's anchor Sinking alone [Chorus] She took a bow before the final act Walked offstage and never once looked back All your laughter couldn't reach that dark Couldn't find the exit, couldn't find her heart She took a bow, you're still searching the crowd The funniest man alive Can't make a sound [Bridge] [whispered, cracking] Maybe love was never built to save Maybe being there was all you had Maybe forty-two was all the light That this world was willing to give back [Final Chorus] She took a bow before the final act Left the stage and she won't be coming back All the healing that your humor gave Couldn't break the lock upon her cage She took a bow And the curtain's coming down The funniest man alive Still takes a bow [Outro] [piano alone, barely there] Still takes a bow For a room that doesn't know
