Mr. So & So - Circus lyrics

I'm falling asleep again I'm slipping between The spurious and the real The silence surrounds me now Except for the turning page I fail to read I feel myself drifting away The moments of the day float in my head Reaching out to switch off the light The darkness and the night engulf my bed Nightmare it's my nightmare Not just dream - mare. it's my nightmare Diaphanous shroud of sleep Swallows my soul so deep into the core A journey of sound and light A labyrinthine flight of endless doors I can hear him laughing at me And suddenly the doors around me lock The ominous walls contract A silent scream entrapped inside a box Nightmare it's my nightmare Not just dream - mare. it's my nightmare I can hear the circus pa** My window in the night Such an eerie sight All of them there, So grotesque beyond compare Garish, garb and twisted Captured by the sound Of the laughing clown I go floating down the stairs And fall into the path Of the stilted man But he just looms over Looking around I am lifted from the ground By the tattooed strong-man Floating down into the crowd Amidst the strange parade There's a harlequin Face black as coal As he juggles human souls Trapped in little boxes What am I to do, if I only knew I just can't get through to them I just don't want to join Their circus now But the music draws me into a trance Follow us come join our dance Come and join our circus The morning broke As I awoke A sleeping on the stair The coldness gripped my body Had my body been elsewhere! Was I just somnambulating! Was I really there! A sinister twist of fate Redemption arrived too late To make me see My life has been torn in two There's nothing that I can do To set me free If they go marauding at night I never seem to fight Against the spell Now I feel full of regret For I have taken part In this as well Nightmare it's my nightmare Not just dream - mare. it's my nightmare Nightmare it's my nightmare Not just dream - mare. it's my nightmare Nightmare it's my nightmare Not just dream - mare. it's my nightmare