Song lyrics A long slow slide by Jewel

Lights are bright in the circus
The geeks and the freaks all light cigarettes and laugh at your misery
While the white of the curtain closing crushes your heart
The inertia of loneliness tears your flesh apart
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Down
Once the neon is gone
Thereīs still that golden splinter at your side
His manners are charming
But who are you fooling
Youīre still nobodyīs bride
And Bukowskiīs widow
Haunts each empty seat on the ferris wheel
As ghoulish lovers collide in a collage of kisses that they steal
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Down
And outside your window you can see the circus itīs lurching
with rings of smoke
You laugh halfheartedly at the punchline
Not realizing theyīve made you the joke
And inside youīre heart a war is raging
A region still untamed
The worst fear I can imagine is for the mystery to be named
Is for the mystery to be named
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Itīs a long slow slide
Down