Creepy Clowns

Lyrics

Intro
A cracked bell in the hall
Paint peeling off the wall
Little feet in the dust
Big smiles made of rust

Pre-Chorus
They come with holy hands
They come in paper masks
You hear the metal grin
Before the doors all crash

Chorus
Creepy clowns of sanctity
Laughing in the dark with me
Creepy clowns of sanctity
Kneel down, bite the key

Verse 1
The chapel smells like bleach and bone
Broken saints in a locker room
They taped my name to the fever door
Now every prayer tastes like doom
Yellow teeth behind the veil
Black confetti in the sink
I saw the lantern blink twice
When the shadow learned to think

Pre-Chorus
They come with holy hands
They come in paper masks
You hear the metal grin
Before the doors all crash

Chorus
Creepy clowns of sanctity
Laughing in the dark with me
Creepy clowns of sanctity
Kneel down, bite the key

Verse 2
Cables hanging like severed ropes
From the rafters and the ribs
Their footsteps count my heartbeats
While the smoke machine convicts
A mirror shook inside the aisle
Showed a mouth that wasn’t mine
It smiled like a surgeon
Then it fed on the lie

Breakdown
Say it
Say it again
Wash the blood from the hymn
Say it
Say it again
Let the static crawl in

Verse 3
Now the altar’s a machine room
Full of broken toy crowns
And the laughing in the ceiling
Makes the floorboards bow down
I tried to run through the exit
But the exit had a face
It whispered through the needle
“You were always part of the case”

Bridge
Breathe through the mask
Count the teeth
Hold your scream
Underneath
If the halo fits
Then it bites
If the choir laughs
Then you’re right

Breakdown
Creepy
Clowns
Of sanctity
Crush the dream
Crush it clean
Creepy
Clowns
Of sanctity
Spit your name
Back at me

Outro
A cracked bell in the hall
Still ringing after all
Little feet in the dust
Big smiles made of rust
Creepy clowns of sanctity
Creepy clowns of sanctity