i hate you

Lyrics

Verse
The paint is peeling off the caravan door
I don’t want to see that greasepaint anymore
I sweep the sawdust in a circle on the ground
While the calliope makes that hollow sound
Jake is leaning back and drinking from a tin
Waiting for the nightly madness to begin
He says the empty seats are looking kind of sad
Then he laughs about the everything I had

Chorus
Tic-Toc, the clock is moving slow
Tic-Toc, I’ve got nowhere to go
You think it’s a joke, you think it’s a game
But every second just sounds like her name
Tic-Toc, I’m counting down the years
Tic-Toc, drowning in these cheers
The world is a ring and I’m just the clown
Waiting for the big top to come crashing down

Verse
I had a house with a garden in the back
Before my whole world faded into black
My little girl used to run across the floor
Now I’m just a ghost behind a stage-left door
Jake is telling jokes about the way they left
He finds a punchline in a heart bereft
He slaps my shoulder like we’re still the best of friends
While I’m praying for the way the story ends

Chorus
Tic-Toc, the clock is moving slow
Tic-Toc, I’ve got nowhere to go
You think it’s a joke, you think it’s a game
But every second just sounds like her name
Tic-Toc, I’m counting down the years
Tic-Toc, drowning in these cheers
The world is a ring and I’m just the clown
Waiting for the big top to come crashing down

Bridge
Look at you laughing under the lights
While I’m shivering through these frozen nights
You stole the air and you call it a bit
I’m over the edge and I’m finished with it
Every tick is a debt that you owe
And the fuse is burning way down low

Chorus
Tic-Toc, the clock is moving slow
Tic-Toc, I’ve got nowhere to go
You think it’s a joke, you think it’s a game
But every second just sounds like her name
Tic-Toc, I’m counting down the years
Tic-Toc, drowning in these cheers
The world is a ring and I’m just the clown
Waiting for the big top to come crashing down

Outro