[INTRO | DISTANT CARNIVAL AMBIENCE | CLOCK TICKING | FERRIS WHEEL CREAK] [WHISPERED FEMALE VOCAL] They say it appeared when the lights went out... Not in the town. Not in the woods. Somewhere between waking and dreaming... Between what was lost... And what had yet to become. [4-NOTE DISTORTED CALLIOPE MOTIF] Some say it has always been there. But nobody remembers seeing the gates... Until they needed them. [LOW SUB BASS RISE] [VERSE 1 | FEMALE RAP | MINIMAL BEAT | DARK GUITAR PULSE] I walked where the road disappeared, Past everything I buried for years. Red lights burned through the fog, Then a carnival bell cut through the dark. No road. No sign. No reason to be there. Just an old ticket booth... And a voice in the air. [WHISPER: "Are you ready to see?"] [PRE-CHORUS | BUILDING DRUMS | SYNTH RISE] You didn't find us. You crossed the line. Between who you were... And who you'll become in time. [HARD CUT] [DROP | DUBSTEP BASS + DISTORTED GUITARS + LIVE DRUMS] [CHORUS | POWERFUL FEMALE ROCK VOCAL] WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL! Where the lost and the living collide! Where the shadows you buried Come walking back into the light! Every mask has a story, Every scar has a name! Every ride takes you somewhere You were too afraid to face! [BACKING CHANTS] STEP INSIDE! FACE THE TRUTH! CHOOSE! [HEAVY BASS HIT] You didn't find the Carnival... THE CARNIVAL FOUND YOU! [VERSE 2 | FEMALE RAP | BASS + GUITAR GROOVE] They say it lives between worlds, Where the old rules break and the strange ones turn. Between memory, dream, reality, Between who you were and who you could be. Some come searching. Some don't know why. Some see the lights And spend their lives asking why. But the gates appear When the threshold comes. When the mask gets heavy. When the old life is done. [CALLIOPE MOTIF RETURNS | DISTORTED] [PRE-CHORUS | VOCAL BUILD] Maybe what you buried Called the Carnival near. Maybe your shadow Was finally ready to speak. Maybe you weren't lost. Maybe you were becoming. Maybe the silence broke... Because your shadow started running. [BRIDGE | MUSIC DROPS OUT | HEARTBEAT + MUSIC BOX] Some shadows must be faced. Some must be understood. Some must be forgiven. Some must be left behind. And some... Were never monsters at all. They were pieces of you... Waiting to be heard. [3-SECOND SILENCE] [BREAKDOWN | DUBSTEP DROP + HEAVY GUITAR] THE LIGHTS COME ON! THE GATES OPEN! THE TICKET'S WAITING! BUT NOBODY'S CHOSEN! No prophecy. No savior. No hand pulling you through. Just one question... [WHISPER] What will you choose? [FINAL DROP | FULL ROCK + DUBSTEP + CALLIOPE MOTIF] [FINAL CHORUS | HUGE FEMALE VOCAL] WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL! The place between worlds tonight! Where truth wears a thousand faces And darkness learns to speak in light! Every mask has a story, Every shadow has a name! Every ride reveals a piece of you! Every choice can change the game! Maybe you found the Carnival. Maybe it found you. Maybe it's been waiting... For the moment you were ready to choose. [OUTRO | CARNIVAL FADES | CLOCK TICKING] [WHISPERED FEMALE VOCAL] The Carnival doesn't appear when you're lost... It appears when you're ready to become. [4-NOTE CALLIOPE MOTIF] The gates are open. The ticket is yours. [WHISPER] The choice is yours.
