[Verse 1]
Torn paper hats and forgotten shoes
Threadbare shadows pacing the loos
Nurses parade in gowns of green
Flicker and fade beyond the canteen

[Pre-Chorus]
Staring out windows too high to see
The stories unravel quietly

[Chorus]
Locked up in rooms with a thousand doors
Paper men dream on the checkered floors
All the faces sing with crooked joy
Dreams sewn from ashes nobody employs

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy

[Verse 2]
Doctors in blue play their mindless tricks
Marching us round with iron sticks
Blindfolded laughter, a jigsaw of lies
The clock on the wall hums lullabies

[Pre-Chorus]
Seven suns circle over my chair
The world outside forgets I’m there

[Chorus]
Locked up in rooms with a thousand doors
Paper men dream on the checkered floors
All the faces sing with crooked joy
Dreams sewn from ashes nobody employs

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy

[Bridge]
Drifting on pillows of chemical snow
Paintings of silence line up in a row
The flick of a light and I start again
Counting the dreams that slipped from my pen

[Verse 3]
Faces in mirrors start laughing too soon
Under the table, a paper balloon
Morning is strangled by tangled old sheets
The ceiling grows faces, and none of them speak

[Pre-Chorus]
Yesterday’s fingers drum on my knee
Dancing with ghosts that nobody sees

[Chorus]
Locked up in rooms with a thousand doors
Paper men dream on the chequered floors
All the faces sing with crooked joy
Dreams sewn from ashes nobody employs

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy
Oh, oh, oh, sing along mad boy
