The Laughing Veil

Come one, come all

To the show you won't forget

Where shadows grin

And innocence wept

Welcome, my pretties, to laughter and light

Where smiles hide shadows and day bleeds to night

Painted grin, porcelain stare

Step inside - if you dare

Under the tent, the secrets play

In the ring where innocence decays

I live for the tremor that dances your spine

The gasp, the shiver, the mortal divine

A circus of mirrors, your soul on display

While I twist your reflection and take it away

I am the Laughing Veil

Painted joy, where nightmares sail

You call me cruel - I call it art

To wake the fear inside your heart

Raise the curtain, let madness sing

This circus bows to its broken king

I've seen kings weep, I've made lions crawl

Turned the brave to ghosts at the carnival

Balloons float high like souls set free

All for the joy of watching thee

You came for wonder - you stayed for the dread

A ticket to terror is cheap, my friend

Every clown hides a crown of pain

Every laugh, a note of the profane

I show you truth through twisted glee

A mirror's edge of sanity

I am the Laughing Veil

Your joy reborn, your courage frail

The ring is lit, the crowd's in trance

One last encore - one deadly dance

Raise your hands, let the lights descend

The show goes on... 'til the very end

You came to laugh

But you'll leave remembering me