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Once upon an early autumn

As the rain was pouring down

One of the circus acrobats

Fell for a happy clown

Acrobat came to that clown

Trembling from within

Why I never see you laughing

But I always see you grin

I feel absolutely nothing

Said the happy clown

If you want to see me laughing

Burn the circus down

I remember you were joyful

I remember how you laughed

At the death of the magician

When he sawed himself in half

I hadn't heard your favorite song

You hummed for quite a while

You used to sing, but now you're silent

With your creepy concrete smile

I don’t feel anything

Said the happy clown

If you want to hear me sing, please,

Burn the circus down

I have traveled with this circus

All across the map

Now it pinned my soul in place

Like a mousetrap

One day circus tent caught fire

I've noticed something odd

I've been so absurdly happy

Like I'm fucking ten years old

All my life and my routine

Just a big letdown

Take a can of gasoline

Burn the circus down

Acrobat just turned away

They walked their separate ways

And the happy clown kept on smiling,

Dreaming of the world ablaze

And one day they woke up

In bed side-by-side

Let’s burn down this circus

With all of them inside

So they stayed in the burning circus

Never to be found

What’s the moral of that story,

What’s it all about?

If life fails to amuse you

Do it all yourself

Take the match and light the fuse

And burn your fucking self