The Mesmerizing Madame (Reversed)

[Intro] Step right up Don’t be shy She can pull your past From a silver eye [Verse 1] She paints her lips In a backroom mirror Names in smoke On the glass grow clearer Gloves of lace Hide trembling hands She’s the star Of this traveling land [Pre-Chorus] They come broken Come brave Come chasing their faith She just smiles Lifts the veil Reads the cracks in their face [Chorus] Here comes the Mesmerizing Madame Spinning your secrets like gold in her hands She’ll tell you who you were Who you are Who you might become Under her spell You stand naked Every scar in the carnival sun Oh The Mesmerizing Madame Leaves you changed when the curtains are done [Verse 2] Healed-up hearts Pinned tight in her corset Every “once upon” Tied into a corsage She takes their fears Like coins in a cup But the weight of it all Keeps adding up [Pre-Chorus] Who will read her own palms When the spotlights are gone? When the crowd drifts away Who will hum her a song? [Chorus] Here comes the Mesmerizing Madame Spinning your secrets like gold in her hands She’ll tell you who you were Who you are Who you might become Under her spell You stand naked Every scar in the carnival sun Oh The Mesmerizing Madame Leaves you changed when the curtains are done [Bridge] She says “I see A girl in the darkness Learning to dazzle So no one sees the cracks” Then laughs like it’s theater But her eyes betray the act (woah) Who saves the seer When the mirror talks back? [Chorus] Here comes the Mesmerizing Madame Spinning her own truth as soft as she can She’ll tell you who you were Who you are Who you’ll be when you finally run Under her spell Even she Can’t escape what she’s become Oh The Mesmerizing Madame Takes a bow As the spotlight comes undone