When I was just a boy playing with my toys   Dad came to me said, son you’ll see you’re not like other boys   It’s what you make, it’s what you take when you’re fucking grown   Soon you’ll see the sights that be when you’re far from home   First big lesson came from school, learning all their rules   Program me so I could be as blind as the other fools   Out of the cliques, afraid of the chicks, learning on my own   Can’t wait to be free soon they’ll see I’m not like other drones   But then I moved out into a comfortable sitcom   But the circus of peers demanded attention and said to me   Be our spectacle , be our silly clown   Join our madd parade, join our happy troupe   Be our song and dance, be our little puppet   Join our pretty show, join our pretty cast   This is your life and you’ve been deceived   Thought you were on your feet   but you’re really on your knees   The bodies in demand it’s just what they need   Oils their gears and fuels their machines   This is your life and you’ve been deceived   Thought you were on your feet   but you’re really on your knees   The bodies in demand it’s just what they need   Oils their gears and fuels their machines   Dancing on a ball and jumping through hoops   Is what I trade for love   Why is there life?   What does the future hold for me   Too busy looking down for me to see   What does the circus mean to me   Busy being a clown so you’ll look at me   What does existence mean to me   Only at its end will I be free   What would the freedom do to me   Afraid to open my eyes and look and see   What does the future hold for me   Too busy looking down for me to see   What does the circus mean to me   Busy being a clown so you’ll look at me   What does existence mean to me   What does the circus mean to me   Busy being a clown so you’ll look at me   What does existence mean to me   Only at its end will I be free