Even if you'd like to be To them, you're just a freak It's a bad joke Dropped at the first sign of trouble They're only as food as the world allows them to be I'll show you When the chips are down These, uh These civilized people? They'll eat each other See, I'm not a monster I'm just ahead of the curve Why so serious? See, I'm not a monster Me watching He takes the knife to her Laughing while he does it He turns to me, and he says Why so serious? You wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker And a fiend And one night Me watching He takes the knife to her Laughing while he does it He turns to me, and he says Why so serious? Why so serious? Why so serious?