[Genre: Japanese Visual Kei Metalcore / Circus-Noir] [Mood: Volatile, Theatrical, Eerie, Defiant, Cathartic] [Language: Japanese and English, mixed, not translated] [Intro] [eerie clean-guitar motif] [detuned music-box feel] [industrial texture splash] [distant crowd murmur] [sharp stop] [instrumental] [Verse 1] [whispered Japanese] [jittery syncopated seven-string riffs] [punchy drums] [thick aggressive bass] [stop-start dynamics] 幕が上がる 誰もいない客席 拍手だけが 先に鳴っている 赤い糸で 笑顔を縫われて 僕は今夜も 王様の道化 [Pre-Chorus] [shouted English] [frantic double-kick] [stop-start riff] [gang responses] [tension rising] Step. Stop. (step, stop) Smile. Don't drop. (don't drop) Every string is tied to someone who never pays the cost. [Chorus] [gritty melodic English-Japanese hook] [anthemic, volatile] [shouted gang responses] [wide downtuned guitars] [thick bass] [built for live catharsis] Light the tent, burn the show (burn the show) 火をつけろ この舞台に (この舞台に) Cut the strings, let me go (let me go) 笑えない道化の僕が (僕が) 今夜、主役になる Tonight I take the crown (crown!) [Verse 2] [harsh screams] [frantic double-kick] [jittery riffs] [industrial texture splash] [heavier bass] 観覧車は 止まったまま回る Ringmaster counts the coins in my chest 仮面の下は 空っぽだと 誰もが知ってて 拍手をする [Pre-Chorus] [shouted English] [double-kick] [sharp stops] [gang responses] Step. Stop. (step, stop) Smile. Don't drop. (don't drop) Every string is tied to someone and I'm the one who's cut. [Chorus] [gritty melodic hook] [full band] [layered gang responses] [wide guitars] [volatile, anthemic] Light the tent, burn the show (burn the show) 火をつけろ この舞台に (この舞台に) Cut the strings, let me go (let me go) 笑えない道化の僕が (僕が) 今夜、主役になる Tonight I take the crown (crown!) [Bridge] [whispered Japanese] [eerie clean guitar] [music-box motif stuttering] [sparse drums] [industrial hiss] しぃ…静かに 音楽箱が止まる時 本当の僕が出てくる (出てくる) Behind the paint, behind the smile there was always someone there [Build] [instrumental] [snare roll accelerating] [jittery riff repeating] [industrial noise swelling] [sharp stop] [Breakdown] [colossal half-time] [seven-string sub-drops] [hard stops] [harsh screams] [shouted gang responses] 壊せ (break it) 壊せ (break it) Tear the curtain down CURTAIN CALL, 終わりだ [Chorus] [gritty melodic English-Japanese hook] [anthemic, volatile] [shouted gang responses] [wide downtuned guitars] [thick bass] [built for live catharsis] Light the tent, burn the show (burn the show) 火をつけろ この舞台に (この舞台に) Cut the strings, let me go (let me go) 笑えない道化の僕が (僕が) 今夜、主役になる Tonight I take the crown (crown!) [Final Chorus] [biggest chorus] [gritty melodic hook, layered] [gang vocals] [double-kick returns] [wide guitars] Light the tent, burn the show (burn the show) 火をつけろ この舞台に (この舞台に) Cut the strings, let me go (let me go) 笑えない道化の僕が (僕が) 今夜、主役になる Tonight I take the crown (crown!) [Final Lines] [band cuts out] [whispered] [eerie clean guitar] Take your bow. 幕は、もう下りない [Outro] [instrumental] [music-box motif fades] [industrial texture decays] [distant applause turning to static]
