[Verse 1]
Paint cracked, smile sharp as a guillotine,
Balloon strings tied to shadows, unseen.
Red nose drippin’, it’s blood not blush,
Step in my circus, feel the cold hush.
Footsteps echo, rubber soles on the grime,
Cotton candy poison, ticking carnival time.
Jack-in-the-box with a knife for a spring,
Laughing in the dark, hear the chaos sing.
[Chorus]
Tick-tock, the clown don't stop,
Underneath the mask, the tears just drop.
Tick-tock, the grin runs deep,
In the mirror’s shard, your secrets creep.
[Verse 2]
Pogo sticks on the cracked-up pavement,
Joker’s dance, but the end’s enslavement.
Fangs in the grin, no carnival prize,
Every joke’s a lie, every laugh denies.
Calliope screeches, the music sways,
Blood moon spotlight on my twisted play.
Confetti in the air, but it’s razor-thin,
I’m the ringleader, and your show begins.
[Bridge]
Creak of the swing, the clown car's full,
Dead men’s dreams in a cotton skull.
Round and round on the carousel’s spin,
The faster it goes, the darker within.