[Intro] Ring around the rosy, Pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, We all fall down. (Whispered:) "Why isn't she getting up?" Round and round, we used to play, Until the roses turned to gray. All fall down, get up again, One stood up with a stranger's grin. [Verse 1] Little hands all intertwined, Round the garden, keeping time. One step forward, two steps back, Someone's fingers turning black. Laughing faces, rosy cheeks, Nobody notices who can't speak. [Pre-Chorus] Round and round, the roses die, Little mouths repeat the lie. Everybody knows the song, Nobody knows what they've done wrong. [Chorus] Ring around the roses, Everybody poses. Pretty little smiles While the garden decomposes. Ashes, ashes, We all fall down. One gets up, But she's not herself now. [Verse 2] We tried to stop, we tried to run, But every round had just begun. Our shadows danced against the wall, Though none of us had moved at all. And every time we hit the dirt, The garden swallowed one more word. [Pre-Chorus] Don't let go, don't lose your place, Keep that pretty smile on your face. When the singing starts to slow, There's something you don't want to know. [Chorus] Round and round, around we go, What we're holding, we don't know. Ashes, ashes, kiss the ground, Nobody gets up when we fall down. Petals red and fingers white, Keep the circle closed tonight. Ring around, don't make a sound, Something's crawling out of the ground. [Bridge] One hand slips, The music stops. One rose blooms, Another drops. Nobody move. Nobody speak. Something's standing Where you used to be. [Final Chorus] Ring around the rosy, Pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, We all fall down. Stay down, stay down, don't look up, Something's wearing the face we loved. Round and round, the roses bleed, Now the circle's closing in on me. [Outro] “We all fall down.” [Then the narrator whispers:] “Who's singing with us?” [And another voice answers:] “You let go.”
