Canaries

[Verse 1: David Gunn] I went to see someone close to me In a castle built for, built for a king It had one hundred floors, one thousand servants Suits on every being His stare was cold as stone He's not much for laughs Nor am I, because it's so hard to hug him through the glass My town is a tent With a circus inside And we all ride On one of the rides But we all hope they go so high [Verse 2: David Gunn] We never come down They cage up some of the apes They can't sophisticate The rest of us struggle And in that struggle we kill each other I went to see someone close to me In a meadow forged for a king It was likely Bahia but it smelled and felt like St. Augustine His stare was cold as stone His mood is always grim He doesn't say a word he just speaks to me through sounds of the wind [Bridge: David Gunn] Hold your head, stay up, we'll sleep when we're dead Hold your head, stay awake, we'll sleep when we're dead [Outro: David Gunn] Hold your head Stay up, we'll sleep when we're dead Hold all your head Stay awake, we'll sleep when we're dead (we'll sleep when we're dead) Hold your head My town is a tent with a circus inside and we all die on one of the rides