Duct tape circus

VERSE 1

Head of the house but my head’s in a spiral, survival’s a cycle

If I idle, it idles the ones that rely on my guidance, so I go

Smile through it, file it, denial’s a title I carry

While the mileage is tearing the wiring inside of me, quietly buried

I’m absorbing the manic, adapting to patterns of panic

Every habit is masking the fact that I’m cracking in fragments

Gotta keep it together, whatever the weather, I weather it

But the heavier it gets, I get further from measuring balance

I don’t vent, I compress it, suppress it, collect it in sections

Then it echoes at night, resurrecting the stress I neglected

If I slip, then the structure collapses, I can’t let it happen—

That's why I haven't slept in weeks but you won't catch me napping

CHORUS

Welcome to the circus

I call my life

Get in line for your favorite ride

Held together with duct tape and pride

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Say it enough and I’ll believe the lie—

EVERYTHING’S FINE

VERSE 2

Confidence to consequence, embarrassing past acts come back intense, like why couldn’t I just make sense

Laying in the dark, awake while my brain won’t rest

Every second stretches, I get obsessive

Over decisions, revisiting every impression

Second-guessing the message, dissecting intentions

Every sentence I said gets reset and corrected

I’m compressing the pressure, it’s pressing my chest

But the second I settle, it’s back in effect

Clock ticking, I’m stuck in a loop I can’t exit

Every minute’s a mirror like a vampire, I can’t face it

Every version of me that I buried’s awake

Digging up everything I thought I could erase

Now it’s playing on repeat, I can’t look away

Like I’m trapped in a reel of my worst mistakes

I replay it, delay it, then I overanalyze

Every tone, every word, every blink of an eye

Trying to find where it shifted or went wrong

But it stretches the night and it never feels gone

Eyes burning but I’m turning every thought in my head

From a whisper to a storm I can’t quiet instead

I’m exhausted but the quiet’s where it multiplies—

So I stay wide awake just to outrun my mind

CHORUS

Welcome to the circus

I call my life

Get in line for your favorite ride

Held together with duct tape and pride

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Say it enough and I’ll believe the lie—

EVERYTHING’S FINE

BREAKDOWN

Duct tape and pride,

Everything’s fine,

Hahaha

Right?

FINAL CHORUS

Welcome to the circus

I call my life

Get in line for your favorite ride

Held together with duct tape and pride

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Everything’s fine

Say it enough and I’ll believe the lie—

EVERYTHING’S FINE