[Verse 1]
Shuffled feet on checkerboard floors
Tattered robe, stitched up with string
Morning fog drifting under the doors
Nurses paper kings and queens

Old magazines scattered apart
Names erased from the spine
Silver spoons and a mended heart
Hiding from the warning sign

[Pre-Chorus]
Shadows spider across faded tiles
Laughter hanging for miles

[Chorus]
Voices on the ceiling,
They're laughing at the cracks in the wall
Painted faces peeling
And no one remembers at all

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh, mad parade
La la la, masquerade

[Verse 2]
Twisted little figure scribbles secret plans
He knows the corridors bend
Clock hands shiver, ticking in his hands
No one calls him a friend

[Pre-Chorus]
Windows rattle with impossible tales
Dreams spill over the rails

[Chorus]
Voices on the ceiling,
They're laughing at the cracks in the wall
Painted faces peeling
And no one remembers at all

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh, mad parade
La la la, masquerade

[Bridge]
Bent forks clang on empty trays
Chalk lines circle the beds
Shouting figures fade into haze
Fingers press to their heads

[Verse 3]
Echo spun stories, wild in the halls
Stripe pajamas parade
Nobody listens when somebody calls
Sanity filed away

[Pre-Chorus]
Paint peels with each restless hour
Paper moons losing their power

[Chorus]
Voices on the ceiling,
They're laughing at the cracks in the wall
Painted faces peeling
And no one remembers at all

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh, mad parade
La la la, masquerade
