Monkey Laugh Monkey Sing

Monkey Laugh Monkey Sing

Monkey laugh monkey sing from the wire

Dance for the crowd till your spirit grows tired

Clap little hands while the people all grin

Nobody caring what sadness lives within

Painted bright colours and dressed like a fool

Life turned performance for somebody cruel

Every loud cheer like a crack through the soul

Pieces of dignity swallowed whole

Monkey laugh monkey sing louder tonight

Hide all the fear underneath circus light

Smile while the children point fingers and stare

As though your suffering is nothing but air

The cage smells heavy of old rust and rain

Still every evening repeats just the same

Music starts blaring, the whip cracks again

Humiliation disguised as a game

One tiny monkey sat still by the bars

Watching the moon and the cold distant stars

Something intelligent lived in his eyes

Far beyond tricks and rehearsed little lies

Then late one night when the crowd disappeared

Silence arrived strange and painfully clear

No songs, no laughter, no forcing the grin

Only a creature trapped deeply within

Monkey laugh monkey sing echoes remain

A cruel old rhythm stitched tight into pain

Perhaps one day all the cages will fall

And no living thing will perform at all

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