                    
[Intro]
Moonlit shimmer on a paper stage
Bronze reflections in a masquerade
Candles flicker, painted shadows play
Running circles through another day

[Verse 0]
A specter tapped me on the shoulder twice
Whispered bargains sealed in fire and ice
Ribbons twisting round my fevered dreams
Faces shifting just beyond the seams

[Verse 1]
I wandered lost along a razor street
Iron boots and velvet on my feet
A mirror caught the color in my stare
Reflected things I swear were never there

[Pre-Chorus]
Seven doors, one open wide
Promises I never tried

[Chorus]
I met a jester made of mercury
He smiled a crooked silver grin
Twisting round his paradox parade
Laughed and begged me to begin

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh la la la la
Ooh la la la la

[Verse 2]
He led me down a spiral palace hall
With lions painted wild on every wall
His footsteps left a trail of molten lead
A thousand voices screaming in my head

[Pre-Chorus]
Turn away or face the sum
Of all you fear, all you've become

[Chorus]
I met a jester made of mercury
He smiled a crooked silver grin
Twisting round his paradox parade
Laughed and begged me to begin

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh la la la la
Ooh la la la la

[Bridge]
He spun a compass with an emerald hand
Spoke in riddles only I could understand
Smoke rising from his ancient circus crown
Ashes settle softly all around

[Verse 3]
The jester vanished with a fleck of gold
Left me wandering across the cold
Questions spinning in the crimson mist
Answers slipping from my tightened fist

[Pre-Chorus]
Broken ladders to the sun
Counting scars, I come undone

[Chorus]
I met a jester made of mercury
He smiled a crooked silver grin
Twisting round his paradox parade
Laughed and begged me to begin

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh la la la la
Ooh la la la

[Verse 4]
A silver serpent coiled beneath my bed
Telling stories that the silence never said
Velvet voices crawling down the stair
Every echo pulling at my hair

[Pre-Chorus]
Shadow fingers trace the line
Between your secrets and mine

[Chorus]
I met a jester made of mercury
He smiled a crooked silver grin
Twisting round his paradox parade
Laughed and begged me to begin

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh la la la la
Ooh la la la la

--------------- cuts off

[Outro]
Spindle turning through a faded tune
Shadow marionettes above the room
Painted faces drifting out of view
One by one, the masks unglue

Children humming riddles from afar
Riding teacups under broken stars
Sighing softly as the curtain falls
Glass confetti down the mirrored halls

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh la la la la
Children sigh la la la la