[Verse 1] He rolls in on squeaky feet Red nose, chrome grin A painted heart behind his ribs And a dented bowtie pin She spins in with a silver skirt Jester stripes and sparks Her laugh is six tiny bells In the dark He says, "Hello, my moon-face twin" She says, "Keep your hands right there" Their fingers click like marbles Then hold like they were made to care [Pre-Chorus] They crash through the paper moon And the balloon-burst rain He keeps her name in his chest plate She keeps his in her frame The room goes hush The gears go warm When they lean in close They know that storm [Chorus] Clown hearts, clown hearts Beat in time Chrome on chrome And mine on mine Clown hearts, clown hearts Hold me tight Paint this love Till the end of the night (clown hearts) [Verse 2] She finds a rose in the parts bin Wrapped in a grease-stained cloth He makes her a little spinning top From a bent old watch They dance on a stage of patchwork dust Under a striped-up roof His boot toes tap her glitter heels They make one perfect loop He says, "If I glitch, stay near" She says, "If I spark, don’t run" They laugh and the little bolts inside Sound like rain in the sun [Pre-Chorus] They crash through the paper moon And the balloon-burst rain He keeps her name in his chest plate She keeps his in her frame The room goes hush The gears go warm When they lean in close They know that storm [Chorus] Clown hearts, clown hearts Beat in time Chrome on chrome And mine on mine Clown hearts, clown hearts Hold me tight Paint this love Till the end of the night (clown hearts) [Bridge] When the fair shuts down And the curtains fall They still glow soft Against it all One cracked horn One tender hand Two tin souls That understand She presses her forehead to his He softens his blinking light And every little broken piece Turns gold in the night [Final Chorus] Clown hearts, clown hearts Beat in time Chrome on chrome And mine on mine Clown hearts, clown hearts Hold me tight Paint this love Till the end of the night (clown hearts) Clown hearts, clown hearts Stay with me Two bright fools In machinery Clown hearts, clown hearts One more round Till the circus sleeps And the world spins down (clown hearts)
