| "Requiem for My Harlequin" | ||||
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| Single by Poets of the Fall | ||||
| from the album Ghostlight | ||||
| Released | April 1, 2022 | |||
| Label | Insomniac | |||
| BPM | 140 | |||
| Key | A | |||
| Producer(s) | Poets of the Fall Lauri Hämäläinen | |||
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Requiem for My Harlequin was released as a single on 1st April 2022 alongside a music video directed by Miika Hakala, featuring the eponymous harlequin played by Marko Saaresto.
It was later included as the second track on Poets of the Fall's 2022 ninth full album Ghostlight.
Single track listing
All tracks are written by Poets of the Fall
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Requiem for My Harlequin (Radio Edit)" | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Requiem for My Harlequin" | 5:37 |
Lyrics
This is a requiem for the harlequin
The great pretender crashing down with style
Here’s to the fall of man, fame to dust fortune to sand
The great surrender, finally arrived
This is how the requiem loves the harlequin
Wake up your chains are porcelain
Like a phoenix from the ashes we will rise again
This is what the requiem loves to hear you sing
To the beat of your fool heart hammering
One more time we’ll cry into the night again
Oh yeah
This is a requiem for the comedian
The one who used to deftly dodge in time
You cut a sparkling gem, never heeding the warning
Of the silver glint of knives in hungry eyes
This is how the requiem loves the harlequin…
So how does it feel now? Tell me, can you let it go?
The wrong you can’t undo
This is how the requiem loves the harlequin
Breaking up this heart of porcelain
From the ashes we will rise again
This is what the requiem loves to hear you sing ..
Trivia
- The fortune teller in the MV is a cameo appearance from long-time band photographer Tiia Öhman.
- The music video portrays the line I raise my glass and say here's to you from Illusion & Dream. The glass is also similar to the one from Daze and Dancing on Broken Glass.