Prompt / 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
Tags
rap, Hybrid 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 organs, with a ghostly country guitar twang sneaking in on turnarounds. Energy rides from whispered menace to explosive, shouted refrains, then fades into a chilling lull at the end., freestyle, nursery, horrorcore, country, dark ambient, hardcore, trance
Duration
2:43
Instrumental
No
Created
3/21/2026