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[Intro – Whispered, eerie laughter in the background]
Why… so… serious?
Heh… ha ha… why so serious?
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[Verse 1 – Slow, menacing]
Wanna know how I got these scars?
My father… was a drinker, and a fiend
One night, he goes off crazier than usual
Mom grabs the kitchen knife to defend
He doesn’t like that… not… one… bit
So, me watching, he takes it…
Puts the blade in my mouth and says it slick:
"Let’s put a smile on that face…"
And—why so serious?
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[Chorus – Loud, chaotic, distorted guitars]
Why so serious?! (Tell me why, tell me why!)
Why so delirious?! (You can't hide, you can't lie!)
This world’s a joke and I'm its grin
Carved in pain, let chaos begin
So why… so… serious?
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[Verse 2 – Rap flow, unsettling]
Wanna know how I got these scars?
My wife had debts, real deep cuts
They carved her smile, said it’d shut
She couldn’t stand to look at me
So I did this — now she can see…
I just wanted her to know I cared
Now I'm the clown and the whole world’s scared
No truth, just stories, twisted memoirs
So… wanna know how I got these scars?
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[Chorus – Even more intense, echoing laughter in background]
Why so serious?! (Come and play, come and play!)
This is delirious! (Burn the rules, fade to grey!)
Smile wide, let madness win
I'm the shadow under your skin
So why… so… serious?
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[Bridge – Spoken, building to scream]
You see…
I'm not a monster.
I'm just ahead of the curve.
I don't want your money, I want you to lose control.
You think chaos is bad…
But chaos is fair.
All it takes is one bad day…
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[Breakdown – Instrumental, dissonant laughter, slow repeat]
(Why so serious…?)
(Why so serious…?)
(Why… so… serious…?)
boom boom — distorted drum hits
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[Final Chorus – Full-blown madness, overdriven guitars]
Why so serious?! (Watch me burn, let it spread!)
Why so furious?! (Paint it red, play it dead!)
Gotham screams, and I just grin
Let the fires rise from within
So why… so… serious?
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[Outro – Whispered, fading]
Wanna know…
how I got…
these scars?
Ha… ha ha… HAHAAHA!
