Whoop in the Theatre of Harlequins

So this is it then

Strapped to an elliptical rainbow

Like wanking on antidepressants

Beauty is the final veil before the horror of the thing

Better to play dead, keep it PG

Whoop in the theatre of harlequins

Gargling fake blood and giggling

Whoop in the theatre of harlequins

Where everybody dies and no-one gets hurt

Darling, squint between the bags of my eyes

Like milk turning slowly on a dashboard in summer

Desperate to name what you keep almost feeling

To spin and catch the shadow watching you from the ceiling

Whoop in the theatre of harlequins

Gargling fake blood and vitamins

The smiles creak wide on the mannequins

Here, everybody dies and no-one gets hurt

Bar the doors, bar the doors, no

Bar the doors, bar the doors

No-one leaves!

Everything’s a bandage on an invisible man

Everything’s a bandage on an invisible man

Everything’s a bandage on an invisible man

Everything’s a bandage on an invisible man

Look at them go!

Popping the worm

Down the glistening ramp to the dance floor

Landed fish smiles and glittery paper hats

The fire alarm is in key with the song, daiquiris scream

As the theatre creaks into a spiralling bottomless coil

Shrinking and shrinking til everyone’s kicking themselves in the face

Dance your legs down to stumps

It’s an infinite knees up

So break out the crutches

We ain’t ever leaving this place

We ain’t ever leaving this place

We ain’t ever leaving this place