The Circus Inside My Head [NDC]

------------------------------------------------------------- Nordic Discord Challenge w. 78 Genre: Balkan Theme: Circus Challenge Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/f2ce9e1b-0130-4745-baf5-e95d0a325fb7 Want to join Nordic Discord Challenge? Check out the Swedish chat on the SUNO Discord server! ------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] Hey... Oj, oj... Hey... Oj, oj... [Verse 1] The tent went up sometime before sunrise Nobody remembers who carried the poles The grass still wet beneath the folding chairs The ticket booth leaning slightly to the left A trumpet player warming up beside the lions A boy sweeping sawdust into little hills The ringmaster counting buttons on his coat Like he was afraid to lose one Like everything depended on that [Pre-Chorus] And the acrobats were already swinging Before anyone arrived The rope stretched from one end of the morning To the other [Chorus] The band keeps playing Even when the dancers miss their steps Even when the horses circle nowhere Even when the spotlight points at empty air Hey-a, hey-a Oj, oj, oj The band keeps playing And somehow everybody knows the tune [Instrumental Break] Hey-a... Oj, oj... [Verse 2] The magician spends all afternoon Looking for something to disappear The clowns are sharing cigarettes Behind the painted backdrop One of them laughs so hard He forgets to stop And the lion sleeps through every performance Like he's seen all this before Like none of it surprises him anymore [Pre-Chorus] The ringmaster stands in the center Waving both arms Trying to conduct a storm Trying to organize rain [Chorus] The band keeps playing Even when the dancers miss their steps Even when the horses circle nowhere Even when the spotlight points at empty air Hey-a, hey-a Oj, oj, oj The band keeps playing And somehow everybody knows the tune [Bridge] Late at night After the crowd has gone The acrobats still swing above the empty seats The trumpet player still practices The horses still walk their circles The clown still tells the same joke To nobody To nobody And somehow It still gets a laugh [Build] Hey... Hey... Oj, oj... Hey... Hey... [Final Chorus] The band keeps playing Louder than the weather Louder than the ringmaster Louder than the collapsing tents Hey-a, hey-a Oj, oj, oj The band keeps playing And nobody's following directions now The dancers and the lions The clowns and the acrobats The trumpet and the thunder All singing different songs Hey-a! Oj, oj! And somehow Somehow They fit together [Outro] Hey-a... Oj, oj... Hey-a... Oj, oj... The lights go out one by one But the music keeps drifting Across the field Across the field Hey... Oj...