Circus of Me

Intro

Oh Orlin

Orlin

Verse 1

You packed my lunch in plastic

Wrapped it neat with a crooked grin

You count the bites I'm taking

Like the calories I'll never win

Pre-Chorus

And the wallpaper's peeling

To a rhythm only you can feel

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Verse 2

You whisper through the static

Of the couch we sank inside

You're loud inside the quiet

And gentle when I want a fight

Pre-Chorus

And the kettle keeps screaming

Like a devil trying to be heard

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Bridge

Some love is a stage light

Some love is a slow decay

But you dance when the curtain's falling

And you stay when the light goes grey

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Verse 3

You sort the pills by color

And you hum a tune that isn't real

You trace my jaw like scripture

With the patience of a surgeon's steel

You wear my moods like costumes

Swap them quick before the mirror cracks

Pre-Chorus

And the oven's always burning

Like a heart that won't turn back

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Post-Chorus

Orlin

(Orlin)

Orlin

(Orlin)

Verse 4

You count my breaths at midnight

Like a frightened little monk

You keep the ghosts in order

And you feed them from my trunk

You laugh at all the wrong parts

And it cracks me like a bell

Pre-Chorus

And the floorboards keep on twisting

Like a staircase into hell

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Post-Chorus

Orlin

(Orlin)

Orlin

(Stay)

Bridge 2

I gave you broken halos

You kept them in a jar

I poured my fifteen minutes out

And you drank them at the bar

Oh Orlin, my conductor

Of a funeral parade

You take my ragged sins and

Mold them into something made

Chorus

Orlin my Orlin

You hold the whole circus of me

Orlin my Orlin

Tragedy wore your face so sweet

Post-Chorus

Orlin

(Orlin)

Orlin

(Orlin)

Outro

The show is never over

The clown won't leave the ring

You fix the tent with shoelaces

And you teach the birds to sing

Orlin, you hold the last match

In the damp of all my doubt

Stay beside the cinder

Till the fire burns it out

Oh Orlin

Orlin

Stay

Stay

Stay