Why So Serious

Lyrics

Intro
Tick... tick...
Smile with your teeth
Hide what you eat
Why so serious?

Verse 1
I woke up on the floor
With my name in the drain
Metal in my mouth
And a hum in my brain
You say “be nice”
I bite through the wire
Your little clean face
Just feeds the fire

Pre-Chorus
Hands on my throat
Still I laugh
Skin on a hook
Still I pass
Count to three
Then disappear
I am the crack
Inside your fear

Chorus
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
Break that face
Let it fall apart
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
I got teeth in the dark
And a cold black heart

Breakdown
Say it again
Say it again
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
Rust in my lungs
Static in my skull
Pull that mask down
Watch it go dull

Verse 2
There’s a voice in the wall
Says “open up wide”
I feed it your secrets
I wear it inside
My fingers are clocks
My pulse is steel
Every calm little lie
Gets cut to the real

Pre-Chorus
Hands on my throat
Still I laugh
Skin on a hook
Still I pass
Count to three
Then disappear
I am the crack
Inside your fear

Chorus
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
Break that face
Let it fall apart
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
I got teeth in the dark
And a cold black heart

Bridge
Whispered
You built a room for the monster
Now you live in it too
Breathe through the seams
Hear what I do
Shouted
I am the grin in the needle
I am the shock in the bone
I don’t need your mercy
I made this ruin my home

Breakdown
Hush now
Hush now
Hands in the machine
Hush now
Hush now
Nothing stays clean
Chunk by chunk
I pull it down
Smile while it shakes
Smile while it drowns

Verse 3
I saw your prayers on the ceiling
Written in ash
Saw your brave little kingdom
Shatter too fast
If you want me gone
Then come make me leave
But you’re looking at smoke
When you look at me

Final Chorus
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
Break that face
Let it fall apart
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
I got teeth in the dark
And a cold black heart

Outro
Tick... tick...
Smile with your teeth
Why so serious?
Tick... tick...
I’m still underneath
Why so serious?