Carnival Ride

[Verse 1]
Top of the Ferris wheel, fourth of July
Kaleidoscope fireworks bright in the sky
One hand on the railing and the other in mine
It's the heat of your body, the flashing lights
And all of our troubles are just out of sight
Way up here it'll all be alright
Won't you say it'll be alright?

[Chorus]
I don't want a love like a carnival ride
Always holding my breath
Coming down from the high
Every time I get close to the ground
You got a way of coming back around
Don't want a love, I don't want a love
Don't want a love like a carnival ride

[Verse 2]
We get stuck on the rails, the reason, nobody knows
No place to hide and nowhere to go
I'm holding my pride and you hold me close
It's a circle, a cycle we just can't escape
Noticing patterns expecting a change
Maybe that's always been our mistake
Are we making a big mistake?

[Chorus]
I don't want a love like a carnival ride
Always holding my breath
Coming down from the high
Every time I get close to the ground
You got a way of coming back around
I don't want a love, I don't want a love
Don't want a love like a carnival ride, no
Don't want a love, I don't want a love
Don't want a love like a carnival ride

[Bridge]
Life's a circus, it ain't perfect
That's what I say to make all this worth it

[Chorus]
But I don't want a love like a carnival ride
Always holding my breath
Coming down from the high
Every time I get close to the ground
You got a way of coming back around
I don't want a love like a carnival ride
Always holding my breath
Coming down from the high
Every time I get close to the ground
You got a way of coming back around
I don't want a love, I don't want a love
Don't want a love like a carnival ride, no
Don't want a love, I don't want a love
Don't want a love like a carnival ride

[Outro]
Top of the Ferris wheel, fourth of July