This big top shines / cuts through the night / but it casts no light / on what I call mine / two months I've spent / in this circus tent / but they can't hear you scream / atop that big bright trapeze
Guess I should stop running / but I've never stopped running before / guess I could use something / to scrape me right off of the floor
I'm desperate now
So God, if you're there, then give me some kind of a sign / and Mom, if you're scared that I won't recover this time / just know I'm burning down the circus so I can find something that's worth it / and when it's done, I'll meet you at the end of the line
This riverside / once eased my mind / its natural light / made all things right / it's funny how / this hollowed ground / looks different now / there's not but hard-bitten fools all around
I drank like a sailor / but I can't take it no more / so I'll steal me an anchor / to drag my ship back to the shore
I'm desperate now
So God, if you're there, then give me some kind of a sign / and Mom, if you're scared that I won't recover this time / just know I'm burning down the circus so I can find something that's worth it / and when it's done, I'll meet you at the end of the line
and when it's done, I'll meet you at the end of the line
Lying in my bed forever / when I talk, I curse the weather / and whether it'll ever end / God, what happened to September?
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