9 Meanings
Add Yours
Share
Q&A

Script For A Jester's Tear Lyrics

So here I am once more
In the playground of the broken hearts
One more experience, one more entry
In a diary, self penned
Yet another emotional suicide
Overdosed on sentiments and pride

Too late to say I love you
Too late to restage the play
Abandoning the relics
In my playground of yesterday

I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
Too much, too soon, too far to go
Too late to play the game is over
The game is over

So here I am once more
In the playground of the broken hearts
I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
The game is over, over, over
Over, over, over, over, over

Yet another emotional suicide
Overdosed on sentiments and pride
I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
The game is over

Too late to say, "I love you"
Too late to restage the play
The game is over

I act the role in classic style
Of a martyr carved with twisted smile
To bleed the lyric for this song
To write the rights to right my wrongs
An epitaph to a broken dream
To exercise this silent scream
A scream that's born from sorrow

I never did write that love song
The words just never seemed to flow
Now sad in reflection did I gaze through perfection
And examine the shadows
On the other side of the morning
And examine the shadows
On the other side of morning
Promised wedding now a wake
Promised wedding now a wake
Awake, awake, awake, awake

The fool escaped from paradise
Will look over his shoulder and cry
Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why?
As you grow up and leave the playground
Where you kissed your prince and found your frog
Remember the jester that showed you tears
The script for tears

So I'll hold my peace forever
When you wear your bridal gown
In the silence of my shame the mute
That sang the sirens' song
Has gone solo in the game
I've gone solo in the game
But the game is over

Can you still say you love me?
Can you still say you love me?
Can you still say that you love me?
Do you love me, do you love me?
Do you love me, do you love me?
Do you love me just as you did

Can you still say you love me?
Can you still say you love me?
Can you still say that you love me?
Just as is, just as is

Do you love me, do you love me?
Do you love me?
Song Info
Submitted by
idan On Jun 12, 2001
Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.

9 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

"the mute that sang the sirens' song" that just breaks my heart. I have loved this song for so long . Its a song that's wriiten by a scotsman. Scots guys are seldom are in touch with their feelings unless drunk. But this has a celtic mans remorse, the poetic romantic Rabby burns side of the scotsman that can't find the words to say as he feels until its too late "So I'll hold our peace forever when you wear your bridal gown" and before Im slated by scotsman claiming im harsh on them and what do i know........ i'm a scotswoman.

I completely agree. You have it right Tine. "The fool who escaped from paradise" It is about regret. "She kissed her prince and found her frog". Deep deep regret

Not Valid

@tine it's a definite tear jerker that one :(

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

pure lyrical genius that's sung with lots of emotion

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

fantastic song especially after the line "Promised wedding now awake". Just pure awesomeness

I agree, the whole song is genius but my favourite part begins with, "The fool escaped from paradise..." and is then just pure class to the end of the song.

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

One of the greatest songs ever. Quite self-explaining. Perhaps a man who never had the courage to admit his love so he lost her to another.

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

great song but remember too put a space inbetween promised wedding now a wake not awake is in sleeping but the rite funeral/wake

@radioheadster plus i think it is actually promised wedding now a wake

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

one of my favorie marrillion songs. I have read that this song refers to fish's relationship with his much loved girlfriend kay though it was written much before kayleigh but then I don't know how long they were together..... It's clearly about lost love and regret, very sad but fantasic song

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

A lot of fish lyrics are to do with lost love I find ....and another sad story behind the ex girlfriend of fish is I read on marillion web page that Kay that inspired these songs has since died of cancer I heard :(

My Interpretation
Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

It\'s "promised wedding now a wake" not "awake" - as in a wake that proceeds a funeral. Awake doesn\'t even make sense in the context of the lyrics but "a wake" does.

Cover art for Script For A Jester's Tear lyrics by Marillion

It\'s "promised wedding now a wake" not "awake" - as in a wake that proceeds a funeral. Awake doesn\'t even make sense in the context of the lyrics but "a wake" does.