Why so Serious

To be or not to be

You toss that line like a joke at me

Card in your hand

Coin in the air

You call it fate

I call it fear

You wear that deep darkened smile

Like warpaint stretched a country mile

Are you the hero

Or the trial

You just shrug

And say “meanwhile”

Why so serious

While you’re burning up the room like this

With that deep darkened smile on your lips

Like you’re laughing at the edge of it all

Why so serious

Heartbeats running with the risk

You say “life’s a loaded trick”

Then you grin like we’re about to fall

(about to fall)

With your deep darkened smile

Flip the script in a single breath

Turn every promise to a Russian roulette

You dance on cracks

In the concrete floor

Say “if it breaks

We’ll make a door”

You call it comedy

I call it almost tragedy

But when you look

Right back through me

I feel the pull

Of your gravity

Why so serious

While you’re burning up the room like this

With that deep darkened smile on your lips

Like you’re laughing at the edge of it all

Why so serious

Heartbeats running with the risk

You say “life’s a loaded trick”

Then you grin like we’re about to fall

(about to fall)

With your deep darkened smile

Are we alive

Or just rehearsing

Every line

For one last curtain

You just laugh

Say “watch me turn it”

Then you kiss me

Like it’s certain

Why so serious

While you’re burning up the room like this

With that deep darkened smile on your lips

Like you’re laughing at the edge of it all

Why so serious

Heartbeats running with the risk

You say “life’s a loaded trick”

Then you grin like we’re about to fall

(about to fall)

With your deep darkened smile