Carnival of Madness

[Verse 1] Painted smiles and broken glass, Dancing shadows in the mass. Crimson lights and twisted dreams, Welcome to the show that screams. The ringmaster bleeds through his grin, Sells your soul for a ticket in. Every laugh’s a loaded gun, The circus burns — the show’s begun! [Chorus] you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, Where sanity’s the price you pay. Laugh until the pain turns fearless, Cry until your mind decays. We are the lost, the damned, the tragic — Underneath this neon haze. you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, We never leave, we never fade, We never die. [Verse 2] Mirror maze of shattered doubt, You’ll find yourself — but can’t get out. The clown’s balloon drips gasoline, He says, “The fire makes you clean.” The fortune teller eats her cards, The lion tamer’s heart is charred. The freaks are free, the crowd’s enslaved, We dance upon the souls we’ve saved. [Pre-Chorus] Round and round the carousel spins, The devils laugh — nobody wins. [Chorus] you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, Where sanity’s the price you pay. Laugh until the pain turns fearless, Cry until your mind decays. We are the lost, the damned, the tragic — Underneath this neon haze. you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, We never leave, we never fade, We never die. [Guitar Solo] 🎸 (fast, chaotic — riffs like a roller coaster going off the rails) [Bridge] 🎙️ (spoken, distorted voice) “Tickets for your tears, Cotton candy made of fears. Step inside — the show’s divine, We’ll eat your heart before the line.” [Breakdown] Clap your hands — clap for pain! The clowns are screaming in your brain! One, two, three — lose your face! Welcome to your happy place! [Final Chorus] you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, Where sanity’s the price you pay. Laugh until the pain turns fearless, Cry until your mind decays. We are the lost, the damned, the tragic — Underneath this neon haze. you are in the... you are in the Carnival of Madness, We never leave, we never fade, We never die. [Outro] (music fades with carousel music slowing down, laughter echoing and cutting to silence) “The show… never ends.”