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The Circus

by Lynz Crichton

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This is the soundtrack to Nillu Stelter's new novel called 'Hidden Colours'. Lynz was inspired to write the song when she read the first novel called All the Tomorrow's and contacted the writer to see if she was interested in having a soundtrack to her new book.

Here's the blurb for her new book and the backdrop to the song too!

In a city that thrills like a kaleidoscope, refugees struggle to rebuild the rubble of their lives.

Each evening, nestled in Berlin’s Treptower Park, the immigrant circus comes to life. Ellie is passionate about the circus, Germany’s flagship integration project, and drawn to its broken people. Even so, if she wants to keep her job at the newspaper, she must head up a campaign against it.

When Yusuf fled Syria, he lost everything. Now the circus, with its middle-eastern flair, is the only home he knows. When the lights go on, the refugees dazzle their audience, but off-stage they can’t escape the traumas of their past and the far-right radicals that dog their every move.

One night, in the midst of a show, two young circus boys come to blows. The resulting violence shines a spotlight on the refugee estate and swells the tide of public opinion against the immigrant circus.

As tensions rise and with the circus at risk of closure, Ellie must convince her readers that we can have compassion for those we fear or Yusuf will be forced to uproot again.

lyrics

The Circus - by Lynz Crichton

All was quiet on the street of Berlin
The Silhouette is waiting for the crowds
To come back in
Moonlight and climbing ivy
Blood and veins of Treptower Park
Nobody notices trembling eyes
In the dark

When the clock strikes the hour of seven
Acrobats spring into life
We don’t consider their anguish
A world on the edge of a knife

When the Circus come to town

Their hope is a lifeboat sailing the
treacherous seas
Escaping a home full of war and uncertainty
The North star’s a compass and promise
Of a better future
Where you are the wound
And I am to be the suture

When the clock strikes the hour of seven
Acrobats spring into life
We don’t consider their anguish
A world on the edge of a knife

When the Circus come to town

Your curious eyes of compassion
But help is still too far to stay
Roll up shows about to begin now
Let’s hope we don’t get washed away

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released December 3, 2018
Inspiration by Nillu Stelter
Song written, played and produced by Lynz Crichton

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Lynz Crichton is a female acoustic folk indie alternative artist who writes music for her Crichton Clan. We collaborate on songs, music videos and more - you want in? Sign up here: www.lynzcrichton.com

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