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(...Or "The Lion-Tamer's Lament")

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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from Strange Things Can Happen At Sea, released June 5, 2015

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