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So you're a performer, you ought to come here
Develop your pop persona, you could be top billing at the premiere
You want to be honored and to be revered
You gotta be always on, you gotta perform when you look in the mirror
Blow out of the water everybody near you
Hit everything harder, be on your guard, you gotta put up a veneer
Don't give any quarter if you want a career
Play hard on the martyr card
And we'll let the world know you're who they should hear

We could be having, having a real good time...
Singing in the circus

America's daughter, she's spinning the wheel
America's audience is into it 'til the pinata's innards are revealed
You want to be honored, so honor the deal
Jump into the lion's jaws and be the main course in America's meal
The image is all that determines appeal here
Don't ever depart from the subtle art of lowering the bar 'til it disappears
And we're all your idols, we are all the ideal
But we're only important for as long as you've got the need to survey the surreal

We could be having, having a real good time...
Singing in the circus

Welcome to the circus, get down on your knees
And worship the worthless, every purchase guaranteed to please
These animal urges, the high flying trapeze
Certainly superb on the surface, but search for a purpose
And find only hidden fees
And now if you're nervous, and if you're uneasy
You can be assured your concerns have been heard
But it's part of the masterpiece
That there be some aversion, that anxieties increase
With no sense of emergency or of controversy, our little circus would cease

We could be having, having a real good time...
Singing in the circus

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from Glass House Wilderness, released October 7, 2022

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Reticent Alien is the recording project of indie folk rock singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Wiles, whose music combines melodic, psychedelic guitars and the influence of experimental Americana and noise rock. His music has been compared to Elliott Smith, Bon Iver, Paul Simon, Iron & Wine, and The Shins. ... more

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