[Verse 1 – soft piano, like a music box]
We were just being dumb
Just kids messing around
Put a mask on, played the clown
Laughed too loud to hear the sound
He didn’t want the game
He cried before the fall
I didn’t see the fear
Until he wasn’t there at all
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[Pre-Chorus – slow, rising guitar]
🎵 I thought it was a joke
A way to make him brave
But now he’s in the dark
And I can’t dig out his name 🎵
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[Chorus – explosion of emotion]
🎶 I killed the party
I killed the light
I held him up
To face the bite
I was the clown
With the plastic grin
And now he’s gone
And I’m still in
This suit of shame
That won’t unzip
A brother’s laugh
A fatal trip 🎶
🎶 I didn’t mean it
I swear I tried
But all I hear is
"Close your eyes" 🎶
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[Verse 2 – guitar slows again, more broken voice]
They said he might pull through
They said he felt no pain
But I saw it all—
The twitch, the blood, the chain
The mask won’t come off now
It’s part of my skin
I see him every night
And I always let him in
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[Pre-Chorus – haunted whispers layered behind]
🎵 And I say his name
And beg for sleep
But the bite keeps playing
On a loop too deep 🎵
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[Chorus – more desperate, voice cracking]
🎶 I killed the candles
I broke the cake
I gave him fear
He didn’t fake
I made a monster
Out of love
Now he haunts me
From above
And every joke
That made him cry
Becomes the sound
Of saying goodbye 🎶
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[Bridge – whispered voice, memory of the party]
> “Come on, Mikey, stop!”
“It’s just a prank—he’ll be fine.”
“You’re not crying, are you little man?”
[animatronic roar, then silence]
“...Michael?”
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[Final Chorus – stripped down, piano and single guitar string]
🎶 I see the stage
But not the crowd
Just empty chairs
And screaming loud
No birthday hats
No party song
Just one big brother
Who got it wrong 🎶
🎶 So when they ask me
What went down
Tell them this:
I was the clown 🎶
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[Outro – fading music box melody, barely whispered]
> “Happy birthday… I’m so sorry.”
