Burning Carnival

[Intro]
Laugh tracks in the dust
Paint peeling from the saints
Mouth of a rusted gate
Still tastes like childhood

[Verse 1]
Teeth on the ticket stub
I chew through the years
Cotton candy in the ash
Sticky with fear
Carousels carved from pipes
Spin on crooked beams
Every horse blindfolded
Still kicking in my dreams

[Chorus]
Welcome to the burning carnival
Inside these iron bones
I light the saints and watch them fall
This factory my throne
Step right up
Step right into
Every wound I ever hid
Burning carnival cathedral
Built from everything we did
(woah-oh-oh)

[Verse 2]
Clown mask on a boiler room hook
Grins without a face
Oil slick under my boots
I dance
I erase
Posters glued to crumbling walls
For shows that never came
I chant the names
I chant the names
Till they all sound the same

[Chorus]
Welcome to the burning carnival
Inside these iron bones
I light the saints and watch them fall
This factory my throne
Step right up
Step right into
Every wound I ever hid
Burning carnival cathedral
Built from everything we did
(hey, hey)

[Bridge]
I am the ringmaster
Of all the wreckage I survived
She is the wordless siren
Proving something still's alive
Spin
Spin
Spin
Till the floor gives way
If the fire is the only light
Let it eat the day

[Chorus]
Welcome to the burning carnival
Inside these iron bones
I light the saints and watch them fall
This factory my throne
Step right up
Step right into
Every wound I ever hid
Burning carnival cathedral
Built from everything we did