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fun house
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[ verse one ]
wander through the maze of mirrors staring back at me
each distorted face looks less like what i should see
knowing i cannot escape a fate that’s worse than death
these are my lungs but i’m not what will take my last breath
[ verse two ]
dodging writhing bodies falling round in contortions
it’s a costume party of grotesque proportion
dancing creatures wearing faces that are not their own
we entered together but i know that i will leave alone
[ chorus ]
twirl me round in dizzying bounds to swirling sounds of crazes
dip me down and douse me now and anoint my brow with blazes
what’s the point but something sharp, as it lances through my heart
fixed in time, unfinished rhyme, and a disappointing end
[ verse three ]
best to ignore all the grabbing hands and frightful cries
mask the masquerade behind false smiles and glass doll eyes
is there use in cheating a carnival game that’s rigged?
using, losing, bruising, makes me want to just give in
[ verse four ]
looking twice before you leap in faith is wasting time
naught left below to catch us but traps of their design
we are nothing more than pawns that are meant to be used
your choices were made for you before you even tried to move
[ chorus ]
twirl me round in dizzying bounds to swirling sounds of crazes
dip me down and douse me now and anoint my brow with blazes
what’s the point but something sharp, as it lances through my heart
fixed in time, unfinished rhyme, and a disappointing end
[ bridge ]
the time has come, the change begun, pleas grant no impunity
such lunacy never before seen, come dance in revelry
too late to stop the grisly scene as i become them and they become me
no need for individuality when all there’s ever been was we
[ chorus ]
twirl me round in dizzying bounds to swirling sounds of crazes
dip me down and douse me now and anoint my brow with blazes
what’s the point but something sharp, as it lances through my heart
fixed in time, unfinished rhyme, and a disappointing end
[ chorus ]
one last chance to checkmate the king and so my moving is sudden
it’s my turn, and i never learn, so i will press all their buttons
stranger things i’ve yet to see but perhaps the stranger one is me
time is nigh, with shaking sigh, and then i come to an end