Pagliacci

"Ridi pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!
Ridi del duol che t'avvelena il cor!" -Recitar!

English: "Laugh loud, pagliaccio, forget all of your troubles,
Laugh off the pain that so empoisons your heart."
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I am but the clown
The Jester
Pagliacci
With a mask
Painted upon my face
Facade
To keep the audience
Amused
The fools!
If only they knew
The pain
That causes the comedy
Really it's like slapstick
Or physical humor
More like sadism

I mustn't let the tears
Wash away this painted face
My true face mustn't be seen
Look away as your clown sobs
But turn back quick as he jests

As I languish, they laugh
As I anguish, the applaud

But the show must go on!
I must laugh
I must jest
They will laugh
As I fall on my face
It only ebbs away at my soul
As the stage turns black
And all that is left is their scorn