An A. B. Quintanilla side project from the early 2000's, this group has bee… Read Full Bio ↴An A. B. Quintanilla side project from the early 2000's, this group has been described as a fusion of hip hop and traditional Tejano sounds. The band used traditonal Mexican/Tejano/Conjunto musical intruments, such as the bajo-sexto, accordion, conga drum, and the guiro, while creating an alternative sound.

The group was comprised of members taking on different characters: Big Boy (singer/songwriter), Fantasma, Mini-Mosca, Joker, Diablito, Shades, and Mister Blue.

Payaso
Big Circo Lyrics

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En Cofre de vulgar hipocresía
Ante la gente oculto mi derrota
Payaso con careta de alegría
Pero tengo por dentro el alma rota

En la pista fatal de mi destino
Una mala mujer cruzo el camino
Soy comparsa que juega con mi vida

Pero siento que mi alma esta perdida

Payaso Soy un triste payaso
Que oculta mi fracaso
Con risas y alegría
Que me llenan de espanto

Payaso, soy un triste payaso
Que en medio de la noche
Me pierdo en la penumbra
Con mi rasa y mi llanto

No puedo soportar mi careta
Ante el mundo estoy riendo
Y dentro de mi pecho
Mi corazon sufriendo

Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja

Overall Meaning

The above lyrics are from the song Payaso by Big Circo. The lyrics describe a person who is a clown by profession, but behind the mask, he is hiding his sorrow and losses. He wears the mask of happiness while performing in front of people, but his heart is broken inside. He is like a puppet who is being controlled by an unpredictable fate, and a mischievous woman crossed his path.

The person feels like his life is out of his control, and he is just a sad clown who is trying to hide his failures by making people laugh. The clown is aware of his mask and how it helps him to deceive the world into thinking that he is happy. However, deep down, he is lost in his own ways, and he feels like his soul is shattered. In the end, he laughs, but the laughter is bitter, and the tears are falling down his painted face.

Overall, the song is about the facade that people put up to hide their insecurities and fears from the world. It talks about how people wear a mask of happiness to show the world that they have it all together, but behind the mask, they struggle with their demons.

Line by Line Meaning

En Cofre de vulgar hipocresía
In a chest of vulgar hypocrisy

Ante la gente oculto mi derrota
In front of people I hide my defeat

Payaso con careta de alegría
Clown with a mask of joy

Pero tengo por dentro el alma rota
But inside I have a broken soul

En la pista fatal de mi destino
On the fatal track of my destiny

Una mala mujer cruzo el camino
A bad woman crossed my path

Soy comparsa que juega con mi vida
I'm a player who plays with my life

Pero siento que mi alma esta perdida
But I feel my soul is lost

Payaso Soy un triste payaso
Clown, I am a sad clown

Que oculta mi fracaso
Who hides my failure

Con risas y alegría
With laughter and joy