A tent that's filled with holes
Raised by broken homesick souls
On a field that is somewhere far away from here
A constant drunken clown
A freak that has been beaten down
What they share, a pent-up anger deep inside
All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a sinking ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!
Animals are chained
Some of them are sick and drained
In a cage a lion licks his new whip wounds
The leader will demand
Even though you are injured, stand!
That is how they bring in money for the show
All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a sinking ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
Moving on from town to town
They're building up, they're tearing down
A shifting landscape, but the pain's the same
All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
(Nobody hears them and nobody sees them
Try to hold out 'cause it's all that they know)