Your word is paper thin
You told your children they could reach for the stars
Then fed them RitalinAnd popped their futures into VCRs
Now they′re walking on the ocean floor thinking they can swim
Now they're walking on the ocean floor thinking they can swim
As the earth swallows them
You convince yourself that they asked for it
Your ignorance must be bliss
Oh!
But for everyone else it′s the worst
It's living across from the circus
Running right into your fist
Oh!
And I'm starting to think it′s on purpose
Believe it or not, we deserve this
For sleeping at the sideshow
Your paper has no pen
You only parrot your ambassador′s lines
And somehow stomach them
Maybe it's easy when the crime scene′s blocked by dollar signs
Ayy
You go knocking on the devil's door, he′s gonna let you in
You go knocking on the devil's door, he′s gonna let you in
And now you live with him
Yet you've convinced yourself he doesn't exist
Your ignorance must be bliss
Oh!
But for everyone else it′s the worst
It′s living across from the circus
Running right into your fist
Oh!
And I'm starting to think it′s on purpose
Believe it or not, we deserve this
For sleeping at the sideshow
Your tent is caving in
You'd rather suffocate than claw your way out
So save the oxygen
Cover your nose and stick your foot in your mouth (ayy)
Now you′re sweating as the seventh horn sounds inside your head (sounds inside your head)
You're sweating as the seventh horn sounds inside your head (sounds inside your head)
Until you′re deaf to it
'Cause you've convinced yourself it doesn′t exist
Your ignorance must be bliss
Oh!
But for everyone else it′s the worst
It's living across from the circus
Running right into your fist
Oh!
And I′m starting to think it's on purpose
Believe it or not, we deserve this
For sleeping at the sideshow
Our teeth are pressed against the pavement
Your head is buried in the sand
You pledge allegiance to your placement
And I will never understand
Why we′re sleeping at the sideshow
Sleeping in the side show
Still sleeping in the sideshow
Sleeping in the sideshow
I'm sick of sleeping in the sideshow
I′m sick of sleeping in the sideshow
I'm sick of sleeping
