Paper Gold

Verse 1

Cartoon colors fading out

The last spotlight dims tonight

Ribbons curling to the ground

Yeah we laughed until the fright

Pre-Chorus

Every act we ever played

Every trick we stole from time

I replay the parade

One more ride before I climb

Chorus

When the curtains close on the amazing show

I'll keep the ringing of the bells below

When the circus ends and the tents fold slow

I'll remember how we used to glow

Verse 2

Cotton candy on my tongue

Still the cheapest kind of gold

Midnight games we always won

Stories I'm too scared to hold

Pre-Chorus

Bring the clowns and the confetti rain

Let me wander one more loop

'Til the silence comes again

'Til they pack the final hoop

Chorus

When the curtains close on the amazing show

I'll keep the ringing of the bells below

When the circus ends and the tents fold slow

I'll remember how we used to glow

Bridge

All those bright and plastic skies

Every golden painted lie

Worth the sorrow in my eyes

Worth the someday rain goodbye

Chorus

When the curtains close on the amazing show

I'll keep the ringing of the bells below

When the circus ends and the tents fold slow

I'll remember how we used to glow