[Intro]
Price tags climbing
Paychecks shrinking
Whole town asking
What the hell he thinking (huh?)
[Verse 1]
Call it Carnival Carney
Selling tickets to the fall
Rich boys in the back room
Writing rules on the wall
Talking big about “future”
While they gut what we built
Turning homes into hedge funds
Stacking rent on the guilt
Every speech sound polished
But the cupboards stay bare
You can’t eat his buzzwords
You can’t pay bills with air
Shake hands with the suits
Toast glasses in the sky
Then he taxes your groceries
Says “adjust” when you cry
[Chorus]
Carnival Carney
Turned my block into a show (yeah)
Regular people
Getting priced out of home
Say it’s for “progress”
While they tighten up the chains
Selling out Canada
For their power and their games (hey!)
Carnival Carney
Got us working just to drown
Talking like a saviour
But he’s bleeding out the town
Say it’s for “freedom”
While they lock us in the grid
This ain’t the country
That our parents handed to us, kid
[Verse 2]
See the flags still waving
But the soul feel sold
Red, white, and that maple
Covered up in fool’s gold
They preach “sharing the burden”
While the billionaires feast
Turn neighbors on neighbors
Call it taming the beast
Whispers of big plans
Behind a velvet rope
Tie your life to their ledger
Call it “managing hope”
They dress control like caring
Dress control like cure
But every year tighter
Till you broke, insecure
[Chorus]
Carnival Carney
Turned my block into a show (woah)
Regular people
Getting priced out of home
Say it’s for “progress”
While they tighten up the chains
Selling out Canada
For their power and their games
Carnival Carney
Got us working just to drown (drown)
Talking like a saviour
But he’s bleeding out the town
Say it’s for “freedom”
While they lock us in the grid
This ain’t the country
That our parents handed to us, kid
[Bridge]
Who speaks for the shift workers?
Who speaks for the farms?
Who speaks for the nurse
With the scars on her arms?
They whisper “trust us”
But the math don’t fit
‘Cause if this is their vision
I’m not signing for it (nah)