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In a land of cotton candy clouds and gasoline rain
The man with the gilded toupee is tap-dancing again
He built a wall of mirrors, so he always looks tall
And the pigs in the parlor are having a ball
They're slurping up gravy and shouting for more
While the kids in the classroom are learning the score
The wise men are weeping; the jesters are kings
And the choir sings anthems to unspeakable things
Are you fucking kidding me?
Is this the grand design?
A circus parade on a landmine of time
The emperor's buck-naked, but nobody dares to see
Are you fucking kidding me? Or is it just me?
The queen of the rebels is selling cheap grace
With a smile painted onto a much younger face
She whispers of freedom while she's locking the doors
And sells you the rulebook she actively ignores
The newsman is juggling three flaming lies
Says the sky isn't falling, right before your own eyes
They've painted the pigeons to look like bald eagles
And passed a new law that says all crimes aren't illegal
Are you fucking kidding me?
Is this the grand design?
A circus parade on a landmine of time
The king is buck-naked, but nobody dares to see
Are you fucking kidding me? Or is it just me?
The man in the moon has packed up and gone
Said the view from up here is just too far-gone
He sold his crater to a reality star
Who's renting it out as a high-end, low-bar
Now the stars are all sponsored, the planets are brands
And they're charging for wishes in this promised, promised land
The poets are silent; their ink has run dry
They can't find the words for the beautiful lie
The children are playing a new game in the street
Called "who can bow lowest" and "ain't the truth sweet?"
They're marching in circles and beating a drum
To a song about how all the smart people are dumb
The future's a punchline; the past is a joke
And the last tree just whispered,
"I'm going for broke."
Are you fucking kidding me?
Is this the grand design?
A circus parade on a landmine of time
Are we all buck-naked, but nobody dares to see
Are you fucking kidding me? Or is it just me?
Yeah, it must be me
Just silly old me
Counting the cracks in the land of the free
Are you fucking kidding me?