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An urban alt-pop song about stepping back into the world wearing a borrowed smile. The bureaucratic euphemism for a life that has been quietly rearranged — and the strange agency of saying yes to the show anyway.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Spoken] They tell you to get back out there. They forget to mention you're not sure where you went. [Verse 1] There's a door I cannot reopen And a silence in the hall There's a stranger in the mirror Who almost answers when I call I rehearse the easy answer For a question no one asks Just a few well-chosen syllables To soften where it cracked [Pre-Chorus] And the night is full of faces And the faces turn to look And I wear a borrowed smile Like a sentence from a book [Chorus] Tell 'em my circumstances have recently changed Tell 'em the version that you knew has been rearranged Pour me something pretty, point me toward the floor I'm back among the living and I'm not too sure what for My circumstances have recently changed My circumstances have recently changed [Verse 2] Caught somebody's eyes across the room Held a beat too long And a piece of me I thought was buried Raised a hand and said still strong Then the part of me that knows the world Whispered careful what you find 'Cause the looking always feels like love When you've spent the season blind [Pre-Chorus] And the world is full of mirrors And the mirrors full of light And I'm telling them my story Like it isn't mine tonight [Chorus] Tell 'em my circumstances have recently changed Tell 'em the version that you knew has been rearranged Pour me something pretty, point me toward the floor I'm back among the living and I'm not too sure what for My circumstances have recently changed My circumstances have recently changed [Bridge] I'm not the boy I used to be I'm not the man I'll find I'm somebody in the middle Trying not to lose my mind I've been a half-remembered chapter In a story I forgot But I'm stepping through the doorway now With whatever I have got [Final Chorus] Tell 'em my circumstances have recently changed Tell 'em the man you used to know has been rearranged Pour me something pretty, point me toward the floor I'm back among the living and I'm gonna find out what for My circumstances have recently changed My circumstances have recently changed Welcome to the show Welcome to the show [Outro]