The Ringleader (Nonus the Hobo) - The Venetia Fair

Two tickets’ll get you a tour of the fair

We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, keep up or get lost

It’s safe to say that you’ve got no idea what you’re in for

In time you’ll see what we’ve done here

Hey kid in the back with the backpack why don’t you come up front?

Get up front

Just give it a rest now

Just give it a rest now you wouldn’t want to

Cause a scene un front of all these people

Stop before you lose your mind

Are you freaking them out?

Are you speaking out loud?

All apologies — it seems that this disease

Demands the expertise of someone with a knack

For seeing through the wall of bullshit that I’ve built

Would you take a look at the time?

The tour has barely just begun

And yet we’re falling behind!

I could’ve found my way out of the sideshow tent

By now without you slowing me down

You’re all so ugly inside and out

Come one come all, come one come all !

This just might be the only audience we’ve ever had so…

Welcome to the death of love and war

We’ve got the answers (keep up keep up)

We’ve been waiting for you or anyone at all

Let’s start the tour, shall we?

Look at the animals play

The sun goes down but nothing’s changed

They can’t explain why we, as animals, would try to shape the world

But as performers we won’t stop until its perfect

And isn’t that just the silliest fucking thing you’ve ever hear?

But there’s nothing we can do about right?

Come one come all, come one come all !

This just might be the only audience we’ve ever had so…

Welcome to the death of love and war

We’ve got the answers (keep up keep up)

We’ve been waiting for you or anyone at all

Shh… the aberrations seep… shall we wake them?

Ladies and gentlemen, your eyes do not deceive you

They couldn’t if they tried

It’s my pleasure to present the most bizarre of human animals

The freaks, the worthless fucking…

Come one come all, come one come all !

This just might be the only audience we’ve ever had so…

Welcome to the death of love and war

We’ve got the answers (keep up keep up)

We’ve been waiting for you or anyone at all

Come one come all, come one come all !

Well its almost time to start the show

So welcome to the end of what you know keep up, keep up (keep up keep up)

We’ve been waiting for anyone at all

Ah, lalalalalalalalalala

It’s almost time to start the show

So everybody out there, sit down and shut the fuck up

Pardon me, my boy

A moment’s all I ask of you — for now

And if you’d offer up your minutes we’d return your change in hours

Ours is quite a gripping tale of every ray your mind devours

So take a look inside the flea circus

Smile along with the fabrication as long as you can shelve your disbelief

Breathe in each and every word from painted lips

We know you’ll keep these exaggerated features in your head