Chained to a carousel
In a room filled with performers
Used to the circus smells
In the large tent with no corners
Tightrope balance on the right
Backflips, cannons, human flight
Audience will cheer tonight
At what they see in the spotlight
Trapped at the carousel
Surrounded by such wisdom
Spinning again at every bell
A product of the system
Can’t escape our conscious curse
Thinking only makes it worse
Repeating the same **** verse
Loud signs from the universe
Now we’re the circus act
In a room of entertainers
We’ve sold our soul through our contract
We now mold to containers
Crowds roar loudly as we play
Being fed the words to say
Whipped if we decide to stray
We chose this life, we must obey
Spotlight on our circus act
All eyes are watching close
Our job is now to distract
A quiet, deadly dose
The carousel we chose to leave
Is now a life we have to grieve
We worked so hard, for we believed
But now I fear we were deceived
Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM UTC
Chained to a carousel
In a room filled with performers
Used to the circus smells
In the large tent with no corners
Tightrope balance on the right
Backflips, cannons, human flight
Audience will cheer tonight
At what they see in the spotlight
Trapped at the carousel
Surrounded by such wisdom
Spinning again at every bell
A product of the system
Can’t escape our conscious curse
Thinking only makes it worse
Repeating the same **** verse
Loud signs from the universe
Now we’re the circus act
In a room of entertainers
We’ve sold our soul through our contract
We now mold to containers
Crowds roar loudly as we play
Being fed the words to say
Whipped if we decide to stray
We chose this life, we must obey
Spotlight on our circus act
All eyes are watching close
Our job is now to distract
A quiet, deadly dose
The carousel we chose to leave
Is now a life we have to grieve
We worked so hard, for we believed
But now I fear we were deceived
We spend our lives looking at those ahead of us in line, those higher on the career ladder, and those at the goalpost we hope to one day reach. Once we're in the position we worked so hard to get to, we may reach a moment of silence where we realize we wasted our energy and time on a position we romanticized.