[Verse 1]
Small tent poles sag
They sigh within the salt air
Painted smiles crack open
Tell me friend
Where do we begin?

[Pre-Chorus]
Spinning round and around
Round and around
A phantom hand pulls
No escaping this cage

[Chorus]
Oh the circus sleeps
Dreams are wide awake
A waltz with the dread
A waltz with the dread
Cold eye watches
Watching from above
The spotlight is hollow
No mercy no love

[Verse 2]
The lion is gone
Just a legend in a cage
Silence screams loudly
Why does it feel wrong?

[Pre-Chorus]
Spinning round and around
Round and around
A phantom hand pulls
No escaping this cage

[Chorus]
Oh the circus sleeps
Dreams are wide awake
A waltz with the dread
A waltz with the dread
Cold eye watches
Watching from above
The spotlight is hollow
No mercy no love

[Bridge]
Sweet sugar melts
Cotton candy ghosts
I taste it
I hear it
I fear it
Forgotten songs play on

[Chorus]
Oh the circus sleeps
Dreams are wide awake
A waltz with the dread
A waltz with the dread
Cold eye watches
Watching from above
The spotlight is hollow
No mercy no love
