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The Joker and the Fool

Once upon a time they were two of a kind

The yin and the yang of the misfit type

Where it ended all wrong, when it started all right

Is it sounding familiar to you?

One of them laughed while the other one cried

But both of them lived watching both of them die

‘Cause they knew all along that they couldn’t survive

This remind ya’ of someone ya’ knew?

Well, misery loves company and misery’s my friend

They slept in fire, crashed and burned then struck their match again.

 

Is it me?

Is it you?

Or the clashing of the two?

I’ve choked down your bitter pill, but if you wanna’ work this through.

You can find me at the bottom of a bottle drowning you.

That’s the story of the joker and the fool.

 

Missing the boat trying to keep it afloat

They were joined at the hip, separated by hope

While they hung by a thread at the end of their rope

From apologies long overdue.

Like the reason the moon only comes out at night

‘Cause the heat from the sun’s always burning too bright

And there’s not enough stars to help put up a fight

When your window is lacking a view.

There’s irony in tragedy when no one’s right or wrong.

But in subconscious alphabets the “u” and “I” are gone.

 

Is it me?

Is it you?

Or the clashing of the two?

I’ve choked down your bitter pill, but if you wanna’ work this through.

You can find me at the bottom of a bottle drowning you.



That’s the story of the joker and the fool.