[Verse 1]
Paint my grin in ash
Step in with the black suit
Pocket full of cold teeth
Eyes like a cracked tomb
I ring bells for the lost ones
You hear me, you move
I dance through the back room
Then I cut through the roof
I came with a lantern
Filled up with bad breath
Names on my knuckles
Every one marked death
Crown made of splinters
Laugh sharp as a blade
I point to the basement
Then I watch you get dragged
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that giggle?
That means run
Footsteps circle
You’re already done
I lean in closer
Say your last prayer
Then the floor opens wide
And the dark pulls you there
[Chorus]
Grim jester, grim jester
I laugh when I collect
Grim jester, grim jester
Send your soul to the depths
Grim jester, grim jester
You don’t get no second guess
Grim jester, grim jester
I’m the punchline to your death
[Verse 2]
I split through the chapel
In a coat full of smoke
Left one red feather
On the throat of your hope
Kids hear the rattle
Moms lock every door
But I’m already inside
With my shoes on the floor
I play with the doomed ones
Spin ’em till they break
Count every heartbeat
Like a debt you can’t pay
When the moon gets hungry
I bring what it wants
Then I bow to the silence
As your name goes blunt
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that giggle?
That means run
Footsteps circle
You’re already done
I lean in closer
Say your last prayer
Then the floor opens wide
And the dark pulls you there
[Chorus]
Grim jester, grim jester
I laugh when I collect
Grim jester, grim jester
Send your soul to the depths
Grim jester, grim jester
You don’t get no second guess
Grim jester, grim jester
I’m the punchline to your death
[Bridge]
I’m the grin in the mirror
When the room goes still
I’m the hand on the handle
Of the final spill
If you hear me laughing
Don’t look at the hall
That’s the sound of forever
Coming down the wall
[Chorus]
Grim jester, grim jester
I laugh when I collect
Grim jester, grim jester
Send your soul to the depths
Grim jester, grim jester
You don’t get no second guess
Grim jester, grim jester
I’m the punchline to your death