I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Do ya think we need it
Do ya think we feed it
Does its stomach growl when we ring those bells?
Do ya think we'll like it
Should we be exited to see us both peel down,
Down to brand new skin?
The circus tent is in town
I always thought it would end
Feelin' like it's the worst it's been
But you know, that's okay
'Cause I believe she said
"I want you to know that
Time turns into laughter
And we'll be fallin' faster."
So that's all it costs to play,
But I'm not sure I'll ever see the day
I'm not confused
Did ya see his daring
Did ya feel like screamin'
Did it make you see the horror in a dream?
Can ya feel the fiction
The myth and my mission
To steal this bag of clowns
And join the Freak Parade?
The circus tent is in town
I always thought it would end
Feelin' like it's the worst it's been
But you know, that's okay
'Cause I believe she said
"I want you to know that
Time turns into laughter
And we'll be fallin' faster."
So that's all it costs to play,
But I'm not sure I'll ever see the day
I'm not confused
Do ya think we feed it
Does its stomach growl when we ring those bells?
Do ya think we'll like it
Should we be exited to see us both peel down,
Down to brand new skin?
The circus tent is in town
I always thought it would end
Feelin' like it's the worst it's been
But you know, that's okay
'Cause I believe she said
"I want you to know that
Time turns into laughter
And we'll be fallin' faster."
So that's all it costs to play,
But I'm not sure I'll ever see the day
I'm not confused
Did ya see his daring
Did ya feel like screamin'
Did it make you see the horror in a dream?
Can ya feel the fiction
The myth and my mission
To steal this bag of clowns
And join the Freak Parade?
The circus tent is in town
I always thought it would end
Feelin' like it's the worst it's been
But you know, that's okay
'Cause I believe she said
"I want you to know that
Time turns into laughter
And we'll be fallin' faster."
So that's all it costs to play,
But I'm not sure I'll ever see the day
I'm not confused
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
Circus Horrors Lyrics as written by Nichelos Colby Eric Melin
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group
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