Lyric

Step into the circus, lights blur in the night

Paint on my face but the pain’s outta sight

Under neon dreams in a city that screams

I’m a clown with a crown but I’m breaking at the seams

Step in the ring while the spotlight swings

Hear the crowd shout loud but it don’t mean a thing

Face full of paint but the soul feels faint

Smile so wide but the heart feels restraint

Jokes I deliver, clever but bitter

Laughs get bigger while my soul gets thinner

Walk that line every night, every time

Dropping punchlines like crime in a rhyme

Crowd goes wild for a while then they fade

Just another lonely clown in the masquerade

Lights flash bright but the backstage dark

Every fake laugh leaves another small mark

I play the part with the art of a grin

But the war in my core’s always under the skin

Mask on tight, hiding truth in the booth

Rhymes like proof of the pain and the youth

Behind every laugh there’s a crack in the glass

Every joke just a smoke screen to cover the past

Laugh, clown, laugh in the rain

Turn your scars into bars of pain

Dance in the dark where the lost hearts drown

King with a grin but a broken crown

Laugh, clown, laugh again

Chains in the brain but you play the game

Spin that sorrow around the sound

Lost but loud as a circus clown

Every night same fight same mic same stage

Same fake fame in the carnival cage

Crowds come fast then they fade away

Like smoke in the night at the end of the play

Mirror on the wall in the dressing room hall

Shows a soul getting small while the paint starts to fall

Who’s that man when the makeup’s gone

Just a ghost of a joke that the crowd leaned on

Rhymes in my mind like a ticking clock

Heartbeat bass like a boom-bap knock

Every laugh in the crowd like thunder and sound

But the silence at night weighs a thousand pounds

Walk through the city with a rhythm and pity

Every alley every neon looking cold and gritty

Smile so slick but the soul feels sick

Every joke just a trick of a clown too quick

Behind every grin there’s a storm within

Every win just a spin for the loss I’m in

Painted face in a race with the pain I chase

Trying to outrun the truth I erase

Laugh, clown, laugh in the rain

Turn your scars into bars of pain

Dance in the dark where the lost hearts drown

King with a grin but a broken crown

Laugh, clown, laugh again

Chains in the brain but you play the game

Spin that sorrow around the sound

Lost but loud as a circus clown

Step in the circus, purpose uncertain

Curtain is rising but truth is a burden

Verses are curses reversing the hurt

Rhyming in circles while dancing in dirt

Crowd in the stands with their phones in their hands

Cheering the clown but they don’t understand

Every laugh in the track is a crack in the act

Every rhyme in the line just a mind that’s attacked

Maybe someday someone stays for the show

Not for the laugh but the soul down below

Maybe someone hears the fear in the rhyme

Under every punchline hiding the crime

Maybe love breaks through the paint and disguise

Sees the tears in the gears of these tired eyes

Till that day I’m a slave to the stage

Turning heartbreak bars into lines on a page

Rhymes getting tighter the night getting colder

Circus gets darker the clown getting older

Still I spin with a grin and a pen in my hand

Turning pain into flame that the crowd understands

Laugh, clown, laugh once more

Even when your soul hits the floor

Let the beat hide the scars you found

Lost but loud as a circus clown

Laugh, clown, spin that sound

Turn your tears to a battle ground

When the last spotlight goes down

Who’s the man behind the clown?