If my last song, Hand-me-down Parade, was an attempt at some kind of emotional catharsis then this new song, The Last Laugh is on the Clown, is perhaps the sequel to that, but equally ineffective in improving my mental health, in so many ways.
The Last Laugh is on the Clown
Head bowed in the darkness, the pain we cannot bear
Downtrodden, feeling weak, no words can heal despair
Into the depths we’re falling, we feel we cannot share
Misled by the misery and no one is left to care
The last laugh is on the clown
His breaking heart, the failing art, the untruths that drag him down
Yet they take his task to town
Head in hands, he’s crying, hopes the tears will let him drown
Though the cynic’s smile it lingers just a little bit too long
Shed the darkness. Walk that mile, tear apart the rights from wrong
And yet we know that it’s just the blind that newly see
Grant us now our second sight, then we’ll be truly free
The last laugh is on the clown
His breaking heart, the failing art, the untruths that drag him down
And from the depths awakens the thought that they’d care
Light breaks through the sorrow that we bear
The rushing waters drown the pain that we never really share
As the tide turns on our midden plain we must declare:
The last laugh was on the clown
The breaking heart, the failing art, the untruths that brought him down
and they took his task to town
Hand in hand, they’re walking on the fear beyond them now
Words, music, recording, and production – David Bradley
Vocals, guitars, bass, keys, percussion – David Bradley
With “spiritualisation” from Clive-upon-Sea and a nudge to extend my guitar solo.
More pseudo-proggie nonsense from the Sciencebass studio of dB/. This time with far too many overdubs, awfully bad percussion, but a great guitar solo, and some weird stream-of-consciousness lyrics about trying to break through grief…or something…
Basic chord progression is Asus4 – C(add9) – D- Em7, but in second verse opens up to some Lifesonesque chords: Asus2(fr5, open E and B) – Cmaj7 (fr8, open E and B) – Em (fr6, open E string) – E7sus4 (fr5, open E and B).