Circus Life (Music Video)

Circus Life [Verse 1] Put the makeup on, tie the tight rope Smile wide, even when you got no hope They clap when you flip, they cheer when you fly They don't see the fear behind your eyes [Pre-Chorus] Life said, "Perform well and you'll be loved" [Chorus] Feel life is a circus, if you perform well Life will give you rewards, ringing bells But if you don't, you get slashes on your back Whispers, judgment, knives that attack Why life is a circus? Why we gotta perform? For a judgemental audience just to be warm? They only know the show, the glitter, the light They don't know behind the curtain is a nightmare every night [Verse 2] I am the clown, I am the lion too Tamed and tired, performing for you Juggling bills, juggling pain Balancing on wire in the pouring rain [Pre-Chorus] One slip and they say you fell from grace But they never saw the tears on your face [Chorus] Feel life is a circus, if you perform well Life will give you rewards, ringing bells But if you don't, you get slashes on your back Whispers, judgment, knives that attack Why life is a circus? Why we gotta perform? For a judgemental audience just to be warm? They only know the show, the glitter, the light They don't know behind the curtain is a nightmare every night [Bridge] Behind the curtain, I'm not shining Behind the curtain, I'm barely surviving Costumes heavy, lights so blinding Sewing my wounds while the crowd is smiling They want a show, but I want to breathe I want to stop performing just to be free [Verse 3] So tonight, I won't perform for you I will sit behind the curtain, that's what I'll do No more tricks, no more perfect show Let them judge, let them go [Final Chorus] Life is a circus, but I won't perform well Just to get rewards from this hell If they slash my back, then let them slash I am more than their applause and cash I am not a circus, I am a soul Tired of performing just to be whole You know the show, but you never knew Behind the curtain was always... me breaking too.