Circus    Tied up and gagged  Hooded and tagged  They're all yours to command    I am corpse, I am carrion prey  I have a crow at each brow  plucking eyes in my mask of death  The darkness is complete    Who's the hooded one, mother mine?  Who is gagged when all are silent?  and bitten when we move    Inflamed! My mask is burning  The night is dead; dark, putrid flesh turning  'pon a chair in the dying corner  I am your bagful of fear  I'll commit, I'll admit  I'll be the dagger, drive me in  I'll be all motionless and still  My river runs within - still and deep    I am beast, I am carrion prey to the Cyclops tribe  String me up to a cherry tree  come one, come all - and hang with me  I'm already hogtied - entangled in your marionette strings    I am dancing  the embodiment of fear  a shake for every fearful tear  a ruckus for the righteous  In the end  They no longer know  cast stones into mirrors - onto themselves    Mother mine!  Stab yourself, mother mine  bleed your own river, dark and wide  Mine runs within, still and deep  Don't shake me so, it will overflow    these lyrics are submitted by botas