[Verse 1] A big top stitched from smoke, Sawdust clinging to my tongue, Penny prayers whispered in the dirt, As painted saints all flee. I kissed the cracked glass clown, His laughter echoing through broken teeth, Your velvet kingdom holds a coffin beneath me. [Pre-Chorus] Spin me faster, Watch me fall, I heard heaven’s call, Drop the call, Hands raised high, Mask tight, If I’m cursed, Then bless this night. [Chorus] Carnivalesque blasphemy, Carnivalesque blasphemy, Spin that halo, set me free, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (hey, hey), Carnivalesque blasphemy, Run the ring and bury me, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (carnivalesque blasphemy). [Verse 2] Catwalk angels in cheap sequins, Counting my sins in chalk, The ringmaster sold my shadow, For a bottle and a spark. I bit the gold-leaf apple, And it tasted like a lie, Now the crowd roars with delight, As I paint the sky in fire. [Pre-Chorus] Spin me faster, Watch me fall, I heard heaven’s call, Drop the call, Hands raised high, Mask tight, If I’m cursed, Then bless this night. [Chorus] Carnivalesque blasphemy, Carnivalesque blasphemy, Spin that halo, set me free, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (hey, hey), Carnivalesque blasphemy, Run the ring and bury me, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (carnivalesque blasphemy). [Bridge] Kneel before the painted lion, Kneel before the broken throne, I found peace with thunder’s roar, And made this tent my home. If the sky descends to judge me, Let it find me singing loud, With my name etched in the sawdust, And my blood coursing through the crowd. [Final Chorus] Carnivalesque blasphemy, Carnivalesque blasphemy, Spin that halo, set me free, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (hey, hey), Carnivalesque blasphemy, Run the ring and bury me, Carnivalesque blasphemy, (carnivalesque blasphemy).
