Erin Mckeown - The Lions lyrics

hundreds of lions roaring at their cage she and I go dancing by in sequins, unscathed you must believe us if we act like we're in love we're professional acrobats and we like it dangerous but in the moment before I hit that pool, I wonder am I doing the fooling, or am I the fool? there's a risk there's a twist in anything worth doing if you're caught doing what's proper you better stop before you ruin it she and I were circus lovers, cannonball, somersault, split we were made to smile in sawdust and mean every word of it nothing turned us on more than to turn every eye dah dah dah dah dub dub dah, dah dub dub dah dah dah dah but in the moment before the curtain dropped, I wondered why am I always the bottom, and never the top? there's a risk there's a twist in anything worth doing if you're caught doing what's proper you better stop before you ruin it hundreds of lions sleeping silent in their cage striped canvas folds, bright satin fades wild animals have to roam free and far despite the occasional tie-up, she was never one for bars but in our tattoo-ed bodies we'll keep a part of the freak show our mothers warned us about there's a risk there's a twist in anything worth doing and if you're caught doing what's proper you better stop before you ruin it So I regret oh I fret that I could never tell you the truth but we live with what we're given oh! and I will always believe in love