Just a Clown ft. Hollow Sermon [Blackline Audio / EchoGate Studios]

///*****/// [Intro: Slow detuned calliope organ, faint circus snare roll, spotlight hum] [Atmosphere: Dark metallic circus tent ambience, faint laughter echoes fading away] [Vocal Entry: Single male baritone voice, worn and raspy, cracked with sadness] [Build: Dreary Accordion and bowed saw creep in, mournful strings swell between verses] [Chorus Lift: Minor chord progression with heavier floor tom heartbeat pulse] [Bridge: Sparse, hollow piano with echo, spotlight intensity increases] [Intro: Detuned dreary calliope organ, faint crowd echoes fading] [Verse 1 – slow, intimate, spotlight dim] A Painted smile across my face Brings joy to this dismal place Lost in blind full bliss, they cannot see The tears of a clown, shed by me [Verse 2 – fuller instrumentation, accordion accents] Festive colors hide all the pain I'm bathe in the spotlight again The roar of laughter fills the stale air Then lights go low Leaving me alone.......here [Chorus – heartbeat toms, circus organ swells] I'm just a clown abandoned to the night Elicit joy in their sight, but I mourn in my fight Behind the grinning mask, misery abounds To myself and all, I am just a clown A sad miserable clown..... [Verse 3 – strings and bowed saw add tension] Juggling dreams as I dance on the floor A disgraceful chore But they just beg for more When the band ceases playing And the air erases the sound I am forsaken ...an unworthy useless clown [Bridge – hollow piano, spotlight tightens] Emptiness reigns when curtains fall The roars of laughter, haunt these halls An empty heart is found When no one's around Erected from the soul.... ... of a lowly clown [Chorus – full band, heavy sorrow] Elicit joy in their sight, but I mourn in my fight Behind the grinning mask, misery abounds To myself and all, I am just a clown A washed up,,,,, .....decrepit clown..... [Outro – organ fades, deflating balloon hiss, silence]