The Freak Show

"**The Freak Show**" *(stylised in lowercase)*, released 4 December 2020, is the twelfth and final song on the physical version and the fourteenth and final song on the digital version of YUNGBLUD's second studio album *weird!*.

## Background

In an interview with The Aquarian, YUNGBLUD stated:

> “There’s a song at the end of the album called “A Freak Show” that is like fucking [Green Day’s] “Jesus of Suburbia” or “Bohemian Rhapsody” where it has like five different parts to it.”
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In the description of the album *weird!*, YUNGBLUD is quoted:

> “This was like, ‘OK, I’ve given you an album, now I’m going to do something for myself.’ I wanted a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ There are four key changes, five time changes, and a big, dramatic ending. It’s every YUNGBLUD song squeezed into one. And it literally goes from a minor verse to a major chorus, it goes minor in the middle, then back to major, then back to minor again. Towards the end of the song, there is a line that says, ‘Times will change and you might break.’ I recorded it with no music—just to a click track. And I said, ‘Build on top of that. If the music tops my passion, I’ll record it again. But I dare you to try and top the passion of that vocal take.’ This song is a message to my fanbase. Times will change and you might break, but I will spend the rest of my life believing in you.”
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## Lyrics

[Intro]

If I was to die tomorrow

Would you come to my freak show tonight?

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

4, 3, 2, 1

[Refrain]

I wanna get buzzed on the weekend

Get messed up and depressed with my friends

'Cause I don't need, no, I don't need you

So I'ma take a drug on the weekend

Take myself out of my supressed head

'Cause I don't need, no, I don't need you

[Verse 1]

See, I've been hurt ten times before

I've hurt myself and so much more

They took me to the seventh floor

Threw me right off (Threw me right off)

See, everybody wants to be a little like us

But they don't understand all the things we've done

They will try to change you 'cause they are so afraid of you

But hold on, hold on

[Chorus]

'Cause faux plastic dolls

With their hands and their ribbons

Will strangle us all

And they'll all be forgiven

I refuse to be taken the typical way

So welcome to the freak show

I hope that you find yourself today

[Refrain]

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna get buzzed on the weekend

Get messed up and depressed with my friends

'Cause I don't need, no, I don't need you

So I'ma take a drug on the weekend

Take myself out of my suppressed head

'Cause I don't need, no, I don't need you

[Verse 2]

See, I'm asleep but wide awake

I pray the Lord my soul will break

It's right there on the table

So take it off, take it off

See, everybody wants to be a little like them

But they don't understand how it all will end

They will try to break you 'cause they are so ashamed of you

But hold on, hold on

[Chorus]

'Cause faux plastic dolls

With their hands and their ribbons

Will strangle us all

And they'll all be forgiven

I refuse to be taken the typical way

So welcome to the freak show

I hope that you find yourself today

[Bridge]

Times will change and you might break

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

Times will change and you might break

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

Times will change (Yeah)

And you might break (I believe it, yeah)

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

Times will change (Yeah)

And you might break (I believe it, yeah)

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

Times will change and you might break

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

Times will change and you might break

But we'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

We'll go on, we'll go on, I believe it

[Outro]

Yeah, I believe it

Yeah

Times will change

And you might break

But I will spend my life believing in you!

## Credits

*Credits adapted from TIDAL*

* Dominic Harrison — producer, composer, lyricist, bass guitar, guitar, vocalist
* Chris Greatti — producer, composer, lyricist, bass guitar, guitar
* Zakk Cervini — producer, composer, lyricist, programming, recording engineer, studio personnel
* Matt Schwartz — composer, lyricist
* Chris Gehringer — mastering engineer, studio personnel
* Neal Avron — engineer, mixer, studio personnel

## Buy / Stream

* YouTube (Audio)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Tidal
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑  The Aquarian — "Why Creating Culture and Community Matter: A Conversation with YUNGBLUD" (21 July 2020)
2. ↑  TIDAL — "Credits / weird! / YUNGBLUD - TIDAL" (4 December 2020)