The clown painted on the mask is not a tiger
He smiles all the time and never changes the angle
The birthday wish is always for all to be happy
He greets and huddles caringly but the temperature is -10

Guess the riddle wrong then it's your turn to change
After all happiness and sadness are only on the surface
Guess it right then it's your turn to act
After all illusion and truth are upside down

 

The clown mask has a smile bigger than anyone else's
It can't hide those red eyes with tears
The clown mask assumes a look of innocence
Hypnotizing you into an endless dream

Who can see my real face
The pain of faking a smile and no tears
Who can see my real face
And work magic to remove the mask

As if preserving world peace is a top task
In fact he fears laying the heart bear might draw complaints
Who can tell the murmuring under the mask
Smiling unheartily makes life too difficult

Guess the riddle wrong then it's your turn to change
After all happiness and sadness are only on the surface
Guess it right then it's your turn to act
After all illusion and truth are upside down

A deaf ear to calls of help as if indifference is self-protection
The more heartless I am the more I'm poisoned by loneliness
Every inch of skin under the mask craves for warmth
Happiness runs away faster and faster that I can't hold on to
While others envy who I am