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January 6, 2025 at 8:05 AMv4

[Intro: Sweet music box suddenly corrupted] ā™«ā™Ŗā™« Ring around the static Ring around the void Ring around the madness (Male whispers: "let the carnival begin") [Verse 1: Female lead with manic male echoes] The mirror shows three-no-four-no-FIVE! ("count them ALL!") Sometimes I'm "me" but sometimes "WE" ("ALL OF US!") āš” Who's running this fun-house tonight? āš” (Male: "EVERYONE! NO ONE! SOMEONE!") Through the ā‰‹ā‰ˆā‰ˆā‰‹ carnival maze ā‰‹ā‰ˆā‰ˆā‰‹ (Male: "round and round and ROUND WE GO!") [Pre-Chorus: Twisted polka rhythm] Tick! Tock! SMASH the clock! "It's FINE, we're FINE" (are we F-F-FINE?) ā™«ā™Ŗā™« Mother Goose has lost her mind ā™«ā™Ŗā™« (The radio plays nursery SCREAMS) One! Two! Coming for you! Three! Four! Breaking down the door! [System Error: Childhood.exe corrupted] [Chorus: Unhinged waltz] The walls are BREATHING... ("INHALE!") Time keeps [SKIPPING {FORWARD} BACK] ("EXHALE!") āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ Reality spins and twirls āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ (Which carousel is real?) ALL MIRRORS SHOWING TRUTH NO MIRRORS SHOWING TRUTH ā–‘ā–’ā–“ā–ˆ TRUTH IS A FUNHOUSE ā–ˆā–“ā–’ā–‘ [Bridge 1: Carnival frequencies] Voice 1: "Step right up!" Voice 2: "RUN AWAY!" Voice 3: "ā™«ā™Ŗā™« la la SCREAM ā™«ā™Ŗā™«" Voice 4: "EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!" Voice 5: "shhhhDEATHhhhhh..." (All voices dancing polka) āš” EMERGENCY MELTDOWN āš” [Verse 2: Broken music box duet] Yesterday I was a paper doll ("FOLD HER UP!") Tomorrow I might be porcelain ("BREAK HER DOWN!") ā–‘ā–’ā–“ā–ˆ The circus speaks in tongues ā–ˆā–“ā–’ā–‘ Through the āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ mirror maze āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ Each reflection a different dance Each fracture a different song (Broadcasting live from the BIG TOP) [Polka Breakdown] ERROR: sanity.exe has stopped responding Would you like to: [DANCE] [SCREAM] [SHATTER] āš” All rides running simultaneously āš” Round and round and Round and round and Round and SNAP! [Bridge 2: Twisted nursery rhyme] "Take your medicine" says the mirror "Count the reflections backwards" (Male: "THEY MULTIPLY!") The carousel whispers secrets The organ grinder knows The clowns are watching ( We're all frequencies) [Final Chorus: Reality carnival] We are [I am {they are} (we're NEVER)] Here and there and EVERYWHERE Time is ā‰‹ā‰ˆā‰ˆā‰‹ dancing ā‰‹ā‰ˆā‰ˆā‰‹ dying (Which show is today anyway?) Through the circus of minds Each mirror its own carnival Each crack its own circus āš” DANCING ON ALL FREQUENCIES āš” [Breakdown: Maximum carnival chaos] ā–‘ā–’ā–“ā–ˆ FUNHOUSE EMERGENCY ā–ˆā–“ā–’ā–‘ This is not a circus This is not not a circus This might be YOUR circus (Reality status: DANCING) āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ CARNIVAL COLLAPSE āŽŽāŽāŽāŽ‘ [Outro: Music box destruction] ā™«ā™Ŗā™« Round and round... ā–‘ā–’ā–“ā–ˆ or up and down? ā–ˆā–“ā–’ā–‘ āš” ALL AT ONCE āš” (The carousel never stops...) (or never started...) (or both...) [Static waltzes with silence] [Lullabies become screams] [Screams become songs] [Songs become static] (Final performance: ENCORE) āš” CURTAIN FALL āš”