| "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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.