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[Intro]
The ticket booth is breathing
Though the fair shut down last fall
A red bulb blinks above me
And I hear somebody call
[Verse 1]
The carousel turns backward
Painted horses bare their teeth
Every prize hangs by a tendon
Every game booth smells of grief
I check the gate—it’s welded
I kick the lock—it laughs
Something drags a heavy blade
Along the ticket-stub path
[Pre-Chorus]
No footsteps, then a giggle
No face behind the glass
The calliope starts coughing
And the dead rides start to pass
[Chorus]
I’m trapped inside the carnival
No road, no dawn, no name
The midway keeps on folding
Every exit feeds the game
I hear the engines waking
I hear the metal sing
If I can reach the ferris wheel
Maybe I can climb out of this thing
[Verse 2]
A clown leans from the funhouse
With a zipper in his grin
His eyes are cloudy marbles
And black rain stains his chin
Three more crawl from under rides
Their costumes split with mold
One swings a butcher’s machete
One revs a chainsaw cold
[Pre-Chorus]
The lights ignite behind me
The dead begin to run
My shoes slip through the sawdust
The chase has just begun
[Chorus]
They’re chasing through the carnival
Red mouths and painted eyes
The chainsaw tears the silence
While the machete sparks and flies
The carousel spins faster
The midway twists and swings
I’m running past the ticket booths
But every path returns to them
[Bridge]
Down the hall of crooked mirrors
I see ten of me flee
Nine are screaming, one is smiling
And the smiling one is me
The engine growls beside my shoulder
Cold steel kisses skin
A gloved hand grabs my collar
And drags the darkness in
[Final Chorus]
I’m trapped inside the carnival
The gates are closing tight
The calliope is shrieking
Through a mouthful of delight
The chainsaw climbs behind me
The blade cuts through the ring
The clowns surround the last lit ride
And make the whole dead carnival sing
[Outro]
The ticket booth is breathing
Now another voice calls out
A new red bulb is blinking
And I’m the clown they’re laughing about
Details
GeneratedSep 17, 2026
Duration4:39
LanguageEnglish
Style
cinematic horror carnival, dark industrial metal with twisted calliope and detuned carousel organ, lurching stomping groove, distant fairground ambience, brittle music-box accents, chainsaw-like distorted guitar bursts and revving mechanical textures, verses sparse and claustrophobic, pre-choruses accelerating, huge panic-stricken choruses, grotesque male vocal moving from isolated whisper to desperate scream, abrupt final climax where the pursuers catch him, theatrical sound design, wide ominous mix with harsh low-end impact
Credits
Prompt bySquirrely
ModelAria v6
Prompt
A horror song about being stuck in a haunted carnival. All alone. Then you get chased by zombie clowns with chainsaws and machetes. Scary carnival sounds. They get you at the end. Use chainsaw sounds
