[ThatJoshGuy]

I quit the carnival and moved next door
I thought I had enough but I want more
So now I'm sneaking out at night
I paint my face and shine my shoes
Go where I'm not supposed to

I tamed a lion once, I stole his roar
I stripped his pride away, but he found more
So now he's back to take what's his and shove my future in my face,
scare me back in my place

So soon so soon
you've got it beat sweetheart 'til it beats you

I left my flaming sword beside your bed
I woke to find it pressed against my neck
You wept "suggestion, it just never works
So now I'm trying something else"
I shut my eyes ho hum... oh well

Felt a feather fall, a tree trunk split
Inside my lion laughed, he played violin
He said "HEY! you should just give up on your voice
Before we both end up destroyed"
I quit alright, he purred "good boy."

Said "you'd believe anything" so he went and copped
"You fall for anyone." and I said "that's not exactly true,
I only fell for you, I did whatever you ask me to."

You wake in the hospital in a thrift store suit
Hear your lover's voice ("****!") from the waiting room
You shut your eyes, you pray for peace
I'm not here, this isn't me
This isn't something I would do
See I know the complicated truth
It was a make up mask and then a lion's roar
And a big top tent, a firey sword
They're not real, they never were
And soon she won't be real either
This is the life you went and earned
Because you never ****ing learn
And you could waste all of your years
Fixing the mess you make in here
So as her nervous breath draws close
Her dress heels click off their approach
You clutch your chest, you whisper
"Oh no, what will i do? What will I do?
My love, my love, what will i do?"

Ooh-oh-uh-ohhh oh whoa oh oh oh oh
Ooh-oh-uh-ohhh oh whoa oh oh oh oh
No, no, no, no
No, no, no
You say don't leave me here
Don't leave me here
Don't go!
Don't go, oh oh oh oh oh
No no no no no no