[Intro – (dim carnival lights flicker)] Step right in— welcome to the freak pit, friend. Tickets paid in **blood**, and yours just got scanned. [Verse 1 – (cadence tight)] I drag you through the midway, painted grins and butcher knives. Clowns juggling severed truths, dropping pieces of your lies. Cotton candy tastes like grave dirt, popcorn pops like snapping bones. Funhouse mirrors bending you into shapes you’ve never known. [Pre-Chorus – (tension rising)] Your shadow’s running circles but your feet refuse to move. Laugh-track creeping closer— it’s got something to prove. [Chorus – (chorus with TEETH)] WELCOME TO THE SHOW, WHERE THE BROKEN ONES GO. IF YOU RUN? WE FOLLOW. IF YOU FALL? WE SWALLOW. THIS AIN’T A RIDE— IT’S A CARNIVAL OF SIN. ONCE THE WHEEL STARTS TURNING YOU DON’T GET OUT AGAIN. [Bridge – (surreal break)] Here’s the carousel of nightmares, where the horses scream your name. Round and round you go, till your sanity forgets its frame. [Verse 2 – (harder punch)] I’m the wicked barker laughing as your courage starts to choke. You stepped up thinking you were tough— now the tent just thinks you’re broke. Jester boots tap in the shadows, plotting out your final scene. Painted smile ten miles wide, grinning like a guillotine. [Final Chorus – (maximum force)] WELCOME TO THE SHOW, WHERE THE LOST ONES KNOW— EVERY SECRET THAT YOU HID IS ABOUT TO OVERFLOW. YOU CAN SCREAM, YOU CAN CRY, BUT THE CARNIVAL WON’T CARE— KATANA~BUCK IS IN THE RING AND WE’RE TEARING UP THE AIR. [Outro – (fading carnival laugh)] Step off the ride? Not tonight. The carnival owns your light. [© 2025 Katana~Buck · DG 2324 · All rights reserved]
