Play Stupid

You like it when I play stupid

I know you do

Keeps the room beneath your thumb

Keeps the blame from landing on you

You stack the words like paper plates

Then wait for one to break

I watch you wind the handle tight

And call the noise a mistake

Gives you a reason to yell and scream

Till you turn blue

You know it's true

And I just smiiiile

Like I don't know what you came here to do

You circle every little failure

With a borrowed pen

Tell the story from the middle

So you always get the end

Your temper wears a Sunday suit

But I can see the thread

You want a witness, want a war

You want me nodding my head

Gives you a reason to yell and scream

Till you turn blue

You know it's true

And I just smiiiile

Like I don't know what you came here to do

Go on, make the accusation

Make it clean and make it loud

I can wear the vacant expression

While you perform for the crowd

Play stupid

Play dead

Count the sparks

Above your head

Gives you a reason to yell and scream

Till you turn blue

You know it's true

And I just smiiiile

Now every word is pointing back at you

Gives you a reason to yell and scream

Till you turn blue

You know it's true

And I just smiiiile

Walk away before you tell me what to do

I just smiiiile

I just smiiiile