Traveling Show

Between looking and being, there is a fine line

I know I look fine

Picture perfect smile practiced for the shot

You still think I'm everything that I think I'm not

Say "yeah I'm okay"

Smiles lie straight to your face

But if you haven't seen it crooked You've never seen it at all

Try to catch a breath when the smile falls

Pretend to fly when the curtain calls

Because you really don't want to know

What's behind the scenes in our traveling circus show

Darkness that comes when the lights die

Safe nets fail and the animals cry

The glitter fades with the masquerade

Your ignorance is what we're paid

Understand eachother when we understand our fear,

It's in the past but objects in the mirror are closer than they appear

In the traveling show

Catch a cold just to taste the snow

I'd open my mouth but then you would know

Smiles lie straight to your face
In our crooked traveling show

Make it look easy

Yes we've learned to be strong

But there's gotta be someone in the audience who has known all along

Of the

Darkness that comes when the lights die

Safe nets fail and the animals cry

The glitter fades with the masquerade

Your ignorance is what we're paid

But If you still like me without makeup on

Face paint saved for what we feel

I'll flash you a smile straight for real

And we'll understand what it means to move on.