Clown 
                                 By:Shigeru Nakahara
                         
It’s so cold
I’m getting frozen in the moon’s embrace ---
And so it’s all pouring down on me
All alone in the night that just draws closer and closer

And this tear
It’s always hidden in this smiling mask
But there’s still that painful truth in my heart ---
Left somewhere there

And while performing in the middle of the light,
I’m just supposed to feel nothing but happiness
I’m just supposed to leave behind all my sadness
I feel loneliness --- but the show must still go on

I could get tired but not forget such things as dreams
I could never bring myself to disappoint one’s love
And although my heart still remains in this emptiness,
I can never leave behind my memories
Learn all you can about that clown

And once again,
I’m walking away from the spotlight
Embracing only these pretensions
Yet tonight, this curtain would still rise

And this tear
Always stopping short within the shadows of a smile
But that painful truth in my heart is only mine ---
I’m only crushed, then painted, then nothing more

And while playacting for such a drag of time,
There is that happiness abandoned
Using the sadness locked up deep within me,
I now create that smile on my face

And those small eyes would surely shine the innocence of children
And I’ll be building now what I believe in
Gently with the spirit right infront of me
Let the mask fall off

I’m never used to feeling that thing called love
I’m never ever shown just what love is
There is no more than once of that brightness for me ---
But my heart is overflowing with a strange something
A clown also knows what a tear is

A clown also knows what a tear is