A.C.T. LYRICS

1. Intro

[Instrumental]

2. The End

Not very far from the field, Verdell sat leaning against a tree. He
had been sitting there all day thinking. And drinking, which was
his favorite thing to do. From the huge tent behind him he could
hear stupid music mixed with muffled applause. Idiots, he thought,
and lifted the bottle to his lips. He had to end the misery today, he
had had enough.
Suddenly the tent was all quiet. He knew that Louis was now
standing in front of a huge cage that was soon to be opened. He
probably stood with his eyes closed, looking concentrated. But
Verdell knew that Louis was pretending, it was all part of a play, to
him this was nothing.
A lonely snare drum began to patter in the air. Verdell stood up.
"Idiots", he screamed and started running towards the tent.

The manager saw him coming
But he never had a chance to react

That was the day when he witnessed
How one of his own completely ruined his work

A clown that's filled with hate
It cannot be that great

He cries like a madman
He smells like a beer can
Intentions are good though
To finish a bad show
He tears down a wall, he smashes props to pieces
Jugglers join in, that's how the chaos increases
Everyone runs

And manager Leo went crazy
When Louis released all the animals free

That was the day when it happened
They fooled and screwed him in every single way

A face that's filled with tears
A dream that disappears

He cries like a madman
He smells like a beer can
Intentions are good though
To finish a bad show
He tears down a wall, he smashes props to pieces
Jugglers join in, that's how the chaos increases

Noble indeed, yes
They must be brainless
The band, they are staying
A.C.T keeps on playing
The show must go on, let's do a middle section
Time for the band to give you an erection
Show must go on...

3. Everything's Falling

The cage was too small. The creature was in pain. He tries to turn
around to change position, but it just wasn't possible. He didn't
remember much of yesterday. He had been beaten, then he had
woken up in this cage, probably as a punishment. But a punishment
for what? He didn't understand. What had he done?
At a distance, he could see Louis coming towards him. Louis sat
down close to the cage.
"What have they done to you?" Louis whispered while patting the
creature on the head. The creature made a deep sound and shook
his head. Louis nodded.
"There's nothing to understand, he's an idiot, a very bad person",
Louis said and looked at the other cages. "Just look at my animals."
Louis sighed.
"We need to get you out of here."
The creature made another sound, and Louis replied:
"I know, this whole place is broken, it is falling apart, it's falling to pieces."

A tent that's filled with holes
Raised by broken homesick souls
On a field that is somewhere far away from here

A constant drunken clown
A freak that has been beaten down
What they share, a pent-up anger deep inside

All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a sinking ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!

Animals are chained
Some of them are sick and drained
In a cage a lion licks his new whip wounds

The leader will demand
Even though you are injured, stand!
That is how they bring in money for the show

All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a sinking ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!

Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken

Moving on from town to town
They're building up, they're tearing down
A shifting landscape, but the pain's the same

All alone in the dark they weep
They turn around in their worried sleep
They're passengers on a ship
It's the end of a lifelong trip
(They all know)
It will crack!
It will fall!
It will not hold!

Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken
Everything's falling, falling to pieces
They try to hold out
Try to hold out, but they're broken

(Nobody hears them and nobody sees them
Try to hold out 'cause it's all that they know)

4. Manager's Wish

Warning! We take no responsibility for bloodstained clothing. And
a reminder - you did enter at your own risk!

This is what you've all been waiting for
Can you feel it in the air?
You will get what you want and a little more,
Just sit back, we will get you there

We have all kinds of creature,
More than your eyes have probably seen
They all have supernatural features
Supernatural, believe in me!

What is this?!
Are you not done?!
You should should have done it long before
Wash it now!
I don't care how!
I won't put up with this no more!

Our show is not what you're used to
Sometimes you'll probably laugh
More importantly, we will make you
Feel sick, throw up and incredible scared

Our clowns don't need no makeup
They are just made that way
The strong man is so beefed up,
He can lift himself up in the air

Is this not gone?!
Oh, now you're done!
You will taste my rage unleashed!
Prepare yourself,
For the bomb
I will slap you until you bleed

I am your master,
I know you're all afraid
I will burn you,
If you won't obey
I am your master,
and I will always be
You can run but I will find you

We never ever should have put our trust in him this way
Now we know we're damned forever

I think that he saw me
Her eyes looked my way
Words can not even explain
When her hair sways
Might be mine some day

I know that you're all so eager
To see what we've got in store
Tonight is a special evening
A man who's here will be no more

Hold on to a friend or a neighbour
Oh, this will not be nice
I assure you, he won't suffer
It's his personal sacrifice

Let this be,
A lesson to learn
For you who're not obedient
Look at her
That way she's burned
Listen to my acknowledgment

I am your master,
I know you're all afraid
I will burn you,
If you won't obey
I am your master,
and I will always be
You can run but I will find you

We never ever should have put our trust in him this way
Now we know we're damned forever

I think that he saw me
Her eyes looked my way
Words can not even explain
When her hair sways
Might be mine some day

5. A Truly Gifted Man

It was the night of his tenth birthday and, just like all other nights,
Louis had crept down beside his mother in her bed. But this particular
night she had grabbed him in his arm and pulled him back to
his room. "You are not a kid anymore", she said when she closed
the door behind her. When he was lying there, back in his own
bed, with a blanket over his head trying to sleep, he heard a voice.
"Louis".

He sat up and stared at the door at the end of the room. The room
was completely dark apart from a small beam of light coming
from the keyhole Something was moving outside, he could see the
light shifting in the hole. Louis swallowed.
"Who's there?" he asked with a whisper.
"Loooouiiiisssss."
Something hit the door and all his blood rushed to the top of his
head.
Mom, he thought.
"Not mom Louis, it's me", someone replied and Louis heard a scraping
sound against the door. Louis wanted to run, but he couldn't
move.
"Food, Louis. Food." More hitting on the door.
Louis screamed.
"Mom!"

Among the animals backstage
At safe distance from the cage
Two workers looked upon the beast
This will be tough to say the least

Louis the tamer
Remarkable man indeed
With just one movement, a look or elusive sound
He gets them right where he wants

It can't be done, he'll need a year
There's not a chance he'll tame that bear
You know that thing is pretty mean
It was the biggest thing they'd seen

Louis the tamer
He's such a peculiar man
There is a saying
That he can tame anything
Even your unwilling wife

Looking like us
But moving like them
They listen, they nod
They understand

If you come close
You'll see it clear
He listens, they speak
He's one of them

Lions, whales
Foolish snails
Beavers, guppies
Stupid puppies

He tames them all
A truly gifted man

From out of nowhere he appeared
A big white smile, a brown thick beard
He said: "One minute, not a year, you humans just don't see
things clear"

Louis released him
That drooling and growling bear
With just one gesture
He got him to calm his mind
They walked away hand in hand

Looking like us
But moving like them
They listen, they nod
They understand

If you come close
You'll see it clear
He listens, they speak
He's one of them

Cats and dogs
Nasty frogs
Rats, albinos
Filthy rhinos

He tames them all
A truly gifted man

Louis the tamer
Remarkable man indeed
With just one movement, a look or elusive sound
He gets them right where he wants

Looking like us
But moving like them
They listen, they nod
They understand

If you come close
You'll see it clear
He listens, they speak
A truly gifted man

6. Presentation

[Instrumental]

7. Look At The Freak

- He's so ugly! - Oh yes! I've heard his father is a horse. - Do you recon
he has feelings? - Oh no! One that ugly can't feel anything, or can
he?

Look at the freak, everyone, look at the freak, everyone, look at
the way he is scaring the people
He is bringing in the money
And for that we're all quite happy

It's the way his eyes hang out. His ears are way too Long
His arms are way too short and he has no nails

Don't miss out to see the freak. He's so ugly you'll go blind

Look at the freak, everyone, look at the freak, everyone, look at
the way he is scaring the people
He is bringing in the money
And for that we're all quite happy

You'll never forget his face. Forever in your mind
Haunts you in your dreams. No one like his kind

Don't miss out to see the freak. He is so ugly you might go blind

8. Argument

[Instrumental]

9. Confrontation

[Instrumental]

10. A Mother's Love

Where no one can see, where no one can hear, my heart is beating
so hard it hurts. No one saw me, no one has realized that I've escaped.
The coldness from the hard stonewalls doesn't bother me. The difficult
decision that lies before me weigh heavily upon my shoulders.
A possibility of a fate far worse? Darkness and anxiety increase
and sharpen my senses. The evening dew makes the air do damp
and cold, allowing my breath to create tiny, white veils that surround
me - or is it something else? Sense a presence that doesn't
scare. My heart's not pounding anymore, calmness rinses through
my body and I clasp my hands, collecting myself in hopes for an answer.

I cry out to you, like I've done many times before
I hope you listen to my prayer tonight
I'm in desperate need of help. I can't decide all by myself
The crossroad's here, which path shall I stride?

I've been watching you since the day that I died
Can you not feel my love just breeze by your side?
But I can not help you to make that choice 'cause your destiny is sealed.
My heart, my son.

How can I go back? Meeting just pain and misery
No one should live the life that I do
But what will wait ahead? Maybe something even worse?
God! Try to see it from my point of view

I've been watching you since the day that I died
Can you not feel my love just breeze by your side?
But I can not help you to make that choice 'cause your destiny is sealed.
My heart, my son.

Life is not fair, I should have told you all along from the start
You have to go back, he needs your help, he is your father

There's no choice. He'd do it for me

11. The Funniest Man Alive

I've tried to wash off my makeup, but it won't go away. I've thrown
my wig into the fire hundreds of times, but it won't burn. It's just
lying there, refusing to catch fire while the wood is cracking and glowing.
I can no longer discern my face in my dreams. All I see is the white
mask, the round red nose and the painted smile. I look at the clown
in my dream. He laughs at me and says that he is me. Then he asks
me to pull the wig. I do, but it won't come off. The more I tear the
more he laughs.
"See what I have become", he says, and gives me a sad facial expression.
Then he points at his face. Tears are running down his cheeks, I
lean forward and start licking them. When I feel that taste I close my
eyes. His tears taste like alcohol.
"Take it easy", he says and pushes me away. "If you continue it will
be impossible to separate us".
But he doesn't stop crying. His tears are just pouring down and
messing up his makeup. I can't stop myself. I grab his neck and pull
him towards me. Once again I start licking his cheeks, greedily
drinking from him. I lick his face all the way up to his eyes. Inside
my head I hear him laughing.
"There you go", he says, and then he's gone.
I turn around but it's all dark.
"You see", he says inside my head. "Now we're one."

They found him lying down in a corner
They woke him up and helped him get dressed
Nobody bothered, just part of the daily routine
To get the worn-out clown ass on stage

He fell and mumbled something unchhristian
Got up and started doing his thing
Children were laughing, the ringmaster rubbing his hands
Regardless of the state he still was...

The funniest man alive
A genius lunatic, charmingly mad and bizarre
For certain he is number one
When he's not around
They say he's just a tragic drunken clown

he dropped his curly wig on the wet grass
He leaned against the fence and threw up
He's breathing was heavy and mentally he was done
Another day at the circus my friends

He heard how they began to approach him
He turned around and straightened his back
He gave them his famous, infectious trademarked smile
Half-hidden under messed up makeup

The funniest man alive
A genius lunatic, charmingly mad and bizarre
For certain he is number one
When he's not around
They say he's just a tragic drunken clown

"Hey, my little friend", he greeted a kid
But the child took a step back and said to his mom:
"Mom, I think there's something wrong with the clown"
"Yes, there is, now let's go"
Then he fell to the ground

He sat down on the grass, he was tired
His bottle had been smashed in the fall
But that was not why he was crying

12. Scared (Bonus Track)

Are you still here?! Why not in there?!
People can't wait, they want us to entertain
This will be a really magic evening to remember
Now it's your turn to enter the stage

Didn't you hear?! What I just said?!
Won't say it again, soon I will go insane
What is the problem? You've done it a j=hundred times before
Now quit your whining and get out there

Please give me strength to show
It's time for my last and final dance
Please, God, don't make me go
Grant me my wish: Just one more chance

Is this how it all will end?
Sentenced to death, without knowing
Give me a note to send
Telling my son, it's not my doing

If I could just get one more day to make it right
I'd tell the truth. It's all a lie!

Don't try to delay, soon you'll be slain
It all will be quick, probably not much pain
You can trust me, your secret's safely buried with me
Now, no more pondering, time to go

Please give me strength to show
It's time for my last and final dance
Please, God, don't make me go
Grant me my wish: Just one more chance

Is this how it all will end?
Sentenced to death, without knowing
Give me a note to send
Telling my son, it's not my doing

If I could just get one more day to make it right
I'd tell the truth. It's all a lie!

So if I should get one more chance
I'd probably do it all over again

Please give me strength to show
It's time for my last and final dance
Please, God, don't make me go
Grant me my wish: Just one more chance

Is this how it all will end?
Sentenced to death, without knowing
Give me a note to send
Telling my son, it's not my doing

13. A Failed Escape Attempt

The first thing he felt was the cold hard ground he was lying on.
He opened his eyes and stared straight into an endless darkness.
Then he heard the wheezing breath. It sounded like someone was
breathing through a tube into his ear. It was his own breath. He tried
to move his hand, but it was pulled back with a jerk. The wrist cracked and something scraped against the floor. The chain, he remembered.
He was stuck.

A man leans down and whispers:
"You can't stay. This is your chance, now take it, run away"
The stupid creature grunts and thinks, I'll try
They says a word, it's sounding like goodbye

"Straight ahead, never turn around
Don't look back, back where you began
Through the woods, through the fields you'll run
Don't go back to that awful man"

A clumsy figure flees into the night
He's tired, turns, and glimpses a distant light
He's rushing now, towards a waving man
That foolish thing, runs back where he began

"Straight ahead, never turn around
Don't look back, back where you began
Through the woods, through the fields you'll run
Don't go back to that awful man"

14. Lady In White

"We need to stand up better against competition", the manager
said and nodded to himself. Then he pointed at her. "You understand
that, right?"
The girl didn't reply, she continued to stare down at the ground.
"Well, anyway", the manager continued, "I've decided to do the whole show without safety nets. You know, I'd like to give the audience
a true authentic experience. I want them to be scared, to be
afraid, and to actually fear that something will happen. Nobody
else in this business does it without nets, we will be alone, and we
will beat all our opponents. We will have the best show in the
world." The manager held out his arms, cocked his head and smiled.
"I've never done it without..."
"Ah, come on", the manager cut her off. He did a dismissive gesture.
"You never fall, you can do it. You will do it, don't you want to be
part of the best show in the world?"
"Yes", she said and took a deep breath.
"That's the attitude, that's the spirit, baby".

The spotlight on her naked neck
The crew removing the safety nets
And mumblings from the seats beneath
All makes her tremble with fear

High above the solid ground
She hesitates but she takes the leap
In unison the crowd inhale
As she leaves the unsafe ledge

Don't even dare to think
Don't even dare to think one thought

Across the tent from side to side
Above their heads like a bouncing ball
Nothing in her act reveals
How she actually feels

She sets up a fictive net
Preparing for the final step
She shuts her eyes and leaves the bar
he audience cheer

Don't even dare to think
Don't even dare...

There's an angel up in the sky
The lady in white, they say she can fly
She floats around, she moves with grace
A glowing light, a shining star in space

15. Freak Of Nature

The odor scent from the circus surrounding me causes ambiguous
feelings. My home, a scenery of degeneration and morbidity. Filthy
money feeds me. Your visits in this stronghold of humiliation seem
to awake no pangs of conscience. Your fresh bodies in beautiful
cases are prepared for a journey of enchantment and horrors, despise
and intoxicating scam. Every laughter caused by the sight of
me causes pain in my soul, distancing me from those worthy and
dignified. None of you believes there is a story to tell.
This is me!

Feeling lonely, worn out entirely
Scared and afraid, troubled and offended,
Cheated, abused, betrayed, confused,
Threatened, beaten, insulted, humiliated
My life is insignificant

Welcome Sire, you can admire,
All freaks of nature, feel free, just to hire
You may laugh and we will disgust you
As long as you pay what we want you to
You're allowed to take our pictures

If you could see me behind the mask I'm always wearing
You will find a man who's been abused 'cause he is different
If we could swap just one day you'd understand

Who took him from me, something was wrong
They have always been his dearest friends
Why now? So raw, his flesh, their claws
Someone must have shown them what to do
Please, let this nightmare end now!

If you could see me behind the mask I'm always wearing
You will find a man who's been abused 'cause he is different
If we could swap just one day you'd understand

Sire, I am sorry I was
In the way of your spit, -who is monstrous!?
Maybe I should spit back at you
Just to prove I am human too
I'll take my vengeance upon you!

How can I go on in this life?
You left me here, now I'm all alone
These scars won't heal, never, I feel
So lost, it's not fair. You should have been here!

If you could see me behind the mask I'm always wearing
You will find a man who's been abused 'cause he is different







A.C.T. LYRICS