[Verse 1]
Monday brought the circus to my street
A marching band of ghosts without their feet
The garden gnomes are gathering to scheme
A hatless man is shouting from a dream

[Pre-Chorus]
The window’s grown a silent nose
It listens through the tea-stained day
If order’s just a crumpled pose
I’ll let the roads lead away

[Chorus]
I walk upon the crooked sighs
Where shadows double in my mind
Fences laugh at passing eyes
And everyone’s pretending not to mind

[Post-Chorus]
La la la, oh la la la
La la la, oh la la la

[Verse 2]
Yesterday the clocks forgot to ring
Mrs. Stanley’s painting on the wall could sing
I tip my hat to the statues in the hall
They chase me down the ever-shrinking hall

[Pre-Chorus]
They say I should stay inside
But the curtains swallow my day
If sanity's an old disguise
I’ll let the world melt away

[Chorus]
I walk upon the crooked sighs
Where shadows double in my mind
Fences laugh at passing eyes
And everyone’s pretending not to mind

[Post-Chorus]
La la la, oh la la la
La la la, oh la la la

[Bridge]
There’s paper moons strung up above my bed
A soldier’s cap is where I rest my head
The spiders tell me secrets of the floor
Their little boots are marching out the door

[Pre-Chorus]
The wallpaper’s begun to breathe
It hums till morning’s pale parade
If logic’s just a handkerchief
I think I’ll let it fade

[Chorus]
I walk upon the crooked sighs
Where shadows double in my mind
Fences laugh at passing eyes
And everyone’s pretending not to mind

[Post-Chorus]
La la la, oh la la la
La la la, oh la la la
La la la, oh la la la
La la la, oh la la la
