We’re more highwire than trapeze
In this circus of forgotten dreams
And is it really so surprising that we found it hard to swim upstream
And that we’re missing all the walls on which we used to lean
We’re made of stronger stuff than chromium steel
Or so our egos lead our hearts to believe
And is it really so surprising that we couldn’t find the courage to breathe
And that we’re missing all the walls on which we used to lean
And slowly we realise
It’s not the words how they rhyme
It’s the sounds that we hear
And there’s no need to compromise
When time after time reason slips out our ears
And maybe one day we’ll look back and laugh
At the gaps and the cracks
In our shiny veneer
And maybe that day we’ll sit on our thrones
Made of marble and bones
And forget we were ever even here
If life’s a circus
All it’s games are a lie
And dreams are veils that keep the mystery alive
And are you ready to despise the thread that’s keeping all your clothes in line
Or are you ready to be nude before the world and its eyes
Our thoughts awake
Only when innocence dies
And we’re the ones that we grow up to despise
And are we really meant to be the ones that all but us would get to decide
Or are we sheep with wool that’s slowly grown beyond our eyes
And slowly we realise
It’s not the words how they rhyme
It’s the sounds that we hear
And there’s no need to compromise
When time after time reason slips out our ears
And maybe one day we’ll look back and laugh
At the gaps and the cracks
In their shiny veneer
And maybe that day we'll sit on our thrones
Made of marble and bones
And forget we were ever even here
credits
from Dead City Dreamer,
released July 30, 2014
Rhodes piano by Ali Suhail.
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