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The Clown on the Fifth Floor

by Storm Dunder

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Adam Skoglund First song by Storm I fell in love with. Still my fav; but I do love most of their songs. <3 Favorite track: Crime Staying up After Bedtime.
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4 am Lullaby 02:01
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The moon is watching you from the sky Slowly waltzing in circles Nothing frightening can reach that far Where all the pain is encircled Oh lucky, lucky moon Oh lucky, lucky moon You´re merely watching us building walls Isolation is certain Masquerading ourselves as dolls Hiding lives behind curtains Oh lucky, lucky moon Oh lucky, lucky moon Please come down and save me from the
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Edge Between 04:14
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Starry eyes lamb Hand in hand running through forgotten lands Making wishes burning bridges Living on the edge between the earth and the universe Blue lights, parasites Chaotic cities burning from the ground They were running from their lives Filled with lies and lacking light On the edge between the earth and the universe They´d stayed contradicting their rage All frayed, pieces of skin sown together A desperate attempt to mimic a whole Staring through a filled-up glass or two Praying for forgiveness Climbing wallpaper, fingernails sinking into the bedroom door Crawling underneath the carpet, melting through the floor They were stuck on the edge between the earth and the universe Starry eyed you try to understand But there´s no looking back until you’re through this no-man’s land To break the spell, you tried to sell your soul And now you´re stuck in a place where you don´t belong Mommy’s proud she is holding you tight A whisper in your ears of how hard she has tried But there is nothing left to do There is nothing she can do This time you can´t break free Climbing wallpaper, fingernails sinking into the bedroom door Crawling underneath the carpet, melting through the floor They were stuck on the edge between the earth and the universe Starry eyes you’re waiting for a change Hands together praying for a way But no one´s listening your screaming turns to whispering Banished to the edge between the earth and the universe
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Crime Staying up After Bedtime 04:51
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I am stuck inside a house without windows On the fifth floor in a post war atmosphere I am stuck inside a circus leaving breadcrumbs in circles Strings attached to every finger, every thought I am locked inside a building without stairways On the fifth floor, no sense to care for the outside world I am stuck inside a circus, watching lions feed on my carcass Ripping limbs off, by tearing strings off I need a ringing bell to cancel out the noise I need to disappear I need to disappear I need a ringing bell to cancel out the noise I need to disappear I need to disappear I am only alive inside a world I created On the fifth day of this “child´s play reality” I am tied to something untrue, a tangled world-view But there´s a glitch in my system, an answer is missing, a number in the code wasn´t written You got me thinking I committed a crime staying up after bedtime That every little sign you drew the line to disobedience was dangerous Cause you are stronger, you are older you are taller, you are bolder, you are wiser, more courageous, you´re productive and devoted, independent and forgiving, you´re a leader, an achiever, you´re competitive, inventive and you´re smart. And I am just a devil with a heart I need a ringing bell to cancel out the noise I need to disappear I need to disappear I need a ringing bell to cancel out the noise I need to disappear I need to disappear
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Blood in the Sky pt.1 03:31
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I always try to make it easier to feel and easier to not feel anything Assigning body parts to point at, one for every emotion, but I ran out of skin I always try to make it easier to explain and easier to not feel the need Dedicating types of breathing, always heaving, running out of air So I try to stop Counting seconds and emotions, running descriptions and compulsions through my head I try to stop memorizing colours and prescriptions and songs that make me question my existence There´s blood in the sky Not falling like rain It´s spreading through space replacing every atom in the atmosphere How can you dare to be free? How can you dare to be free? There´s a sickness in the clouds Not reaching for the ground Its eating at the blue Blinding you with anger Aggravating nonsense, noises filling your subconscious Winding down, it knows you´re screwed Cause you´ve been overtaken by thrill of Ecstasy you feel when you have Lost control, you´ve trashed your home, and broken every one you said you loved Looking at the havoc that you caused, you know you´re through Losing track of all that is true Who´s asking “How can you dare to be You When there´s blood in the sky?” I always try to make it easier to remember and easier to not Assigning memories and thoughts to blemishes and spots, one for every finger that ever touched my skin, but I ran out before I even could begin I always try to rationalize, justify and glamorize your violence addiction, your need to poison my conviction that I am as much of a human as you are
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Flowers 04:14
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Please wake up Please wake up Pinch your cheeks, get on your feet We have a life to live I can´t even keep a plant alive So I stick wires in their stems Forcing them to look revived I don´t have time to water I don’t have time to open windows let them breathe Or call the doctor I watch them seethe I watch them tumbling in slow motion Leaves covering my window sill reminding me that I could still Give them what they need But I don’t This songs about flowers I don’t write about myself anymore But I do have a new soul to break in I have a new soul to break in I have a new soul, a new soul to break in I have a new soul to break in Mold it to tailor to trespassers I have a new soul to break in I broke the last one There was a marionette Following your fingertips You could lift them by their hair Place them they´re complacent Eat them up digest them Through them up and rearrange them Twist their head around Hang them upside down And they would still Never even feel the urge to kill I promised To stop painting your picture I need to move on But I´ve latched onto every word You told me Their roots are still burrowing deeper relentlessly I believe you I´m not enough on my own But maybe I´ll be perfect if I´m part of something whole So make me a part of you Stick wires in my stems I´ll follow your fingertips, I´ll follow you I wish that this could be the end While I have a new soul to break in I have a new soul to break in I have a new soul, a new soul to break in I have a new soul to break in Mold it to tailor to trespassers I have a new soul to break in Cause I broke the last one
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Look at Me 03:30
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Look at me Smiling with my teeth Look at my washed-out cheeks And my falling kind of walking Look at me Moving like I´m free Acting like I´m fully me Smiling with my teeth Smiling with my Blood shot eyes Short cut lies Look at my wise disguise A devil wearing makeup like a clown clown A devil wearing chaos like a crown Drown Drown my voice Just like you drowned my choice Surpress your childrens screams But Listen for any exposing quivers Feel my laughter Trickling Down your spine Nothing too borderline About a devil wearing makeup like a clown, Clown A devil wearing chaos like a Look at me, smiling Look at my memories piling More to forget Just more to forget A devil wearing chaos like a crown
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Sincerely, The Little One 04:18
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You grew up without me How could you have known I stayed behind When you never move your eyes away from what´s in front of you Sink your teeth into anything that could take you away from our reality You push your way through unconsciousness with all your senses closed And I am left to carry all the traumas you´ve disposed of (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies) (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies) You built your body without me And I was left in your shell of buttons and change Roses and change Make the armor keeping me together It keeps me inside of the barricade that your built around us I´m not afraid of having my thoughts spilling out of my head but you made sure they couldn´t be spread and now I´m left to carry all the traumas that you fled (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies) (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies) I´ll turn it to a game Chase you chasing reins There´s nothing that could shock me in your twisted state of shame I´m not scared of fighting thoughts Getting lost in your maze of knots There´s nothing that could scare me in. your twisted state of pain I´ll gladly bear the burden of your relics and your chains (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies) (I´ll carry the memories) (They are your enemies)
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Have we Met? 02:27
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Have we met before? I think I know you I know your Captivating complications Devastating calculations Have we met before? I think I´ve known you Have I felt alive I think I felt it Before the Captivating isolation Suffocating liberation Did I feel alive? I think Ive felt it Have I been myself Since I met you? Since the Captivating detonation Liberating devastation Have I met myself Since I´ve been you?
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Halt! 04:10
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Small talk, air blocks, free fall, help, Halt! There´s someone else inside my head I´ve been drinking, smoking, thinking Is that a crime? Hating, waiting, unbreaking every broken bone in my left hand, every nerve I pulled out of my chest, while you were tying me up Every day I scrape away skin, spots, knots and thoughts It´s just a game we play, a gunpoint ballet Rearranging words in my mouth To fit your reality Your threats they showcased the panic in check mate when someone new is making demands You were losing control, your kingdom exposed as what it was, a lie, a sadistic little playground for your Testing, wrestling, protesting the hollers of my hollow empty inside After living off an engine Silencing the screaming for a break I won´t break Every day I fall astray fighting your deceptive blaze It´s just a bold display of our fake array Provocative because I won´t buy your authority Call me a clown Call me a clown Call me a clown Call me a clown Call me a clown Call me a clown Call me a clown I´m already down I´m not scared of laughter I´m not scared of chains I´not scared of cages Im not scared of names Every day I sort away the memories that clogs up my brain It´s just self-defense, it´s common sense To rearrange the words in my mind To make you disappear
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Violent Mess 01:42
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Why are you doing this? Are your memories glitching too? Why are you piercing through? Do you have scratch marks on your flesh like I do? Are you a violent mess? Crawling through distress? Is your strength eclipsed by the sickness by the blue? Answer me moon Answer me moon Answer me moon Answer me moon
11.
Your Clown 03:58
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I am floating above my head And my feet are digging their way through the ground My body´s stuck And my mind has had enough I don’t want to be your clown anymore I don’t want to be your clown anymore I don’t want to be your clown anymore I don’t want to be your clown, clown, clown I swallowed the keys to my cage but I know I´ll get out I don’t care if you believe me I´ll rip them out of my chest I´ll find my way out the door I´ll shoot a hole through the floor I´ll tear myself out of the costume you glued to my skin I´ll get out of my skin Cause I don’t want to be your clown anymore I don’t want to be your clown anymore I don’t want to be your clown I don´t want to be your clown There´s no way you could contain me I´ve escaped every cell You can´t restrain me I´ll be the chain round your neck I´ll be the pain in your chest I´ll be the shame that you pray you could forget But I won´t be your clown anymore I won´t be your clown anymore I won´t be your clown anymore I won´t be your clown
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Blood in the Sky pt.2 02:19
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There´s a crack in our foundation A five-story building built on bones that weren´t grown yet Of course, they couldn´t hold the weight You should be more surprised This prison stands It has to be worth it The tears and the panic attacks in this waiting room It will be worth it soon I can´t keep holding up a wall that might not even fall If I let go I´m tired of metaphors Rhymes remorse just reinforcing Every lie I´ve told to keep myself from asking million-dollar questions Leaving no more room for seconds Every moment´s to be filled I document my breathing Chronicles of heaving I´m so tired of synonyms Dictionaries doctored hymns I don´t want to read another word I´ve written Ever again They don´t make any sense
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5 am Lullaby 04:08
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The moon is watching you from the sky slowly waltzing in circles Nothing frightening can reach that far Where all the pain is encircled Oh lucky, lucky moon Oh lucky, lucky moon The clown on the fifth floor with dynamite in their core Chasing glitters in the air hunting monsters in their underwear oh baby don´t be scared the clown is locked up there The Clown on the Fifth Floor With their insides upside-down Has a guard to guide their thoughts A shadow to contain the rot oh baby don´t be scared the clown is locked up there You´re merely watching us building walls, isolation is certain Masquerading ourselves as dolls Hiding lives behind curtains Oh lucky, lucky moon Oh lucky, lucky moon The clown on the fifth floor ran out of doors and someone covered their windows in cement oh baby don´t be scared the clown is locked up there But we´ll be fucked, if the fifth floor falls

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Storm Dunders debut album The Clown on the Fifth Floor is based on their soloshow with the same name. It is a music, performance and visual art show that transports the audience into a momentary reality, The Fifth Floor, isolated in the opposition between chaos and emptiness, reality and fiction. You are invited to watch the Clown chase their own trail of breadcrumbs. Remembering, forgetting, and re-remembering that they are running in circles. The Clown on the Fifth Floor embodies Storm´s tumultuous relationship with reality. Through dynamic and explosive musical arrangements, complex undercurrents of harmonies, uncensored emotions, and sharp lyrics it tells the story of a creature who just wants to understand if they were the hero, the villain, or just a child.

Premiering in 2019, The Clown on the Fifth Floor has received multiple awards for it´s way of gripping onto the hearts of the audience and force them to face their inner child.
Among others it has recieved
The Nordic Fringe Network Award - Stockholm Fringe Festival 2019
The Grand Prix Award - Reykjavik Fringe Festival 2020
Take my Breathe Away Award - Reykjavik Fringe Festival 2021

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released November 12, 2021

Songwriter - Storm Dunder
Vocals - Storm Dunder
Piano/Keyboard - Storm Dunder
Violin - Storm Dunder
Drums - Wilma Wall
Music Producer - Storm Dunder
Mastering Engineer - Linn Elisabet
Cover Photo - Kirsti Urpa

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Storm Dunder Stockholm, Sweden

Storm Dunder is a non-binary songwriter, producer, and artist who creates art that embody what they have spent their life trying to escape. They build momentary realities and sew bodies for the impalpable to channel the most free, fragile, brutal, glorious, and grotesque parts of their inner life. ... more

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