Track · Mar 21, 2026 · English
Carnival of Bad Dreams
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Lyrics
[Intro]
Little lights
Dead eyes
Step right up
To the bad side (shh)
[Verse 1]
Cotton candy
Tastes like rust
Clown in the mirror
Smiling dust
Ticket in my teeth
I chew that fate
Ringmaster’s grin
On a paper plate
Carousel creaks
To a backwards song
All of these ponies
Know what I’ve done wrong
Laugh track looping
Over my sins
Every balloon
Got needles within
[Chorus]
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Where the lullabies rip at the seams
Rock-a-bye baby in the guillotine swing (go to sleep)
Close your eyes, hear the calliope scream
(Hush now, hush now)
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Tiny little hands on the rusted beams
Count to ten, then you’ll vanish in the steam (night-night)
This is where the crying learns to sing
[Verse 2]
Voice like velvet
But the words all cut
She hums a cradle song
From a pickup truck
Boots in the sawdust
Halo tilt
Lipstick smeared
Like a crime scene quilt
She says, “Lay down
On this haystack bed
I’ll braid you a crown
From the thoughts in your head”
Wind chimes clatter
Made of old teeth
Every star above
Got a blade beneath
[Chorus]
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Where the lullabies rip at the seams
Rock-a-bye baby in the guillotine swing (don’t you cry)
Close your eyes, hear the calliope scream
(Keep breathing)
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Tiny little hands on the rusted beams
Count to ten, then you’ll vanish in the steam
This is where the crying learns to sing
[Bridge]
[whispered, panned voices]
One…
Two…
He’s behind you
Three…
Four…
Blood on the seesaw floor
Five…
Six…
Shadow doing parlor tricks
Seven… eight…
Mama said it’s getting late
[Chorus]
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Where the lullabies rip at the seams
Rock-a-bye baby in the guillotine swing (go to sleep)
Close your eyes, hear the calliope scream
(Hush now, hush now)
Welcome to the carnival of bad dreams
Tiny little hands on the rusted beams
Count to ten, then you’ll vanish in the steam (night-night)
This is where the crying learns to sing
Style
raphybrid horrorcore rap over eerie circus textures and dark ambient pads; switches between male and female vocals trading verses. creepy nursery-lullaby hook floats over trancey arps and a pulsing sub; verses hit harder with distorted 808s and metallic hits. occasional cartoonish fx stabs and warped fairground organswith a ghostly country guitar twang sneaking in on turnarounds. energy rides from whispered menace to explosiveshouted refrainsthen fades into a chilling lull at the end.freestylenurseryhorrorcorecountrydark ambienthardcoretrance
Prompt
dark rap, hardcore, horrorcore, circus, sound effects, country, trance, dark ambient, freestyle, lullaby, nursery, male, female
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KingDe4d
KingDe4dGeneratedMar 21, 2026
ModelZona