Lyrics to 'Clowns (Can you see me now?) by t.A.T.u

[@kilalove848]

the clowns in this represent people who are against them, attacking them, and trying to stop them from being who they are. "Can you see me now" means can you see and accept the real me, who I really am. See who I really am so that you could stop judging. Clowns are people who prejudge and hate without truly knowing the real person.

[@ryanpham3308]

Couldn'ta explained it better.

[@kilalove848]

Ryan Pham thank you :)

[@kilalove848]

I love their music cuz it's so inspiring how they talk about how they want to just live their eyes and for people to just let them live without all the hatred and judgment towards them. My favorite part is when TATU said open them (your eyes) and see me now... Like really see who I am, and you may actually find that the person is a good, lovable person. So many people have their eyes closed to so many things and issues in the world.

[@ryanpham3308]

Very true, and I agree with that perspective.

[@jacksfeldhusen9858]

Kila LaShay amen girlie I love this song so much☺

[@SomedayWellFly]

I love this band so much. It reminds me of back in eighth grade before things got so complicated and back when I could be innocent and carefree....

[@lizmo4242]

tATu takes me back to being 13 🙃

[@castawayonthemoon]

Same here! Wow

[@nikidashadowmarie]

BRUH same AF!!!!!

[@thealienguy4185]

Yay I'm 9 years old b

[@volterradime]

Same!!! Trippy >.

[@CalebMeadetman2015]

This is one of my FAVORITE t.A.T.u songs!! It's awesome!!

[@AngelKnut2011]

Anyone else remember this from childhood? Along with Evanescence of course :3

[@Hehetemoth]

Yes me :")

[@-Roses--AD]

9y 🥲

[@kaylynmckillop4652]

Yes

[@ekosulistio6835]

Yes, It's me. Tatu, evanescence, linkin park, etc

[@errorbirdesther]

Same here

[@PikachuMaiden]

love it, creepy, perfect for Halloween. Yet lively, an almost gypsy, dancing feel. And also deep and meaningful.

[@UsrNmTkn]

Clowns? Floating? Despair? Is this "It"?

[@kintsugikiid]

i wheezed omg

[@АлисаМэй-Кун]

That's ,,It"))

[@evidenciaretorica]

hahahaha

[@TVV_GeorgeYT-ib4vv]

LEEEE ;'(

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

Clowns are in floating despair.

[@katsukigina]

Who listen in 2019??

[@الواثقةبالله-ض3ت6ض]

Forever tatu

[@raziel4316]

God takes you :)

[@jilliandryden2093]

Me

[@katsukigina]

@@الواثقةبالله-ض3ت6ض ❤

[@katsukigina]

@@raziel4316 :)))

[@murisapolk4564]

I don't know why but this song helped me getting rid of my fear for clowns

[@espyrodriquez4595]

Murisa Polk I Hate Clowns I always beat them up

[@letskatielovehuelove9314]

dont say that

[@thomasgreen9611]

I kill clowns they never make it out

[@Rainbow_Flakes]

You had coulrophobia?

[@ameliab324]

I'm surprised it didn't increase it

[@natmcsplat]

love their music, so emotional and well, very understanding words, love how songs can easily say how we've felt for so long in just a few moments, it's amazing how they manage that yet i'm glad they do, always feels like it's been taken from my life and put into music, maybe it's the same for other out there idk but thanks for uploading the lyrics anyway ^^

[@_angiee.e_2225]

I FINALLY found this song I used to listen to it when I was younger lol😂😂

[@eliabbarragan7094]

_angiee .e_ mee to when a i was 7

[@ciaraedmond1163]

Me too!

[@aroshshanif5779]

Same😹😹😹

[@tt1141]

Like your face,.. Or you too cool all knw nerr

[@tt1141]

Aka my scene bf makes me feel less real(ly and entirety insignificant. ◡̈⋆ⓎⒶⓎ!(*´∇`)ﾉ

[@johnnyboii47]

i fucking love the lyrics in this song . soo deep

[@mvrbe519]

xD

[@АлисаМэй-Кун]

Better, then the original

[@GenieBella]

How is this song a bunch of "crap"? It's awesome and symbolic. I can relate to this song so much.

[@-Roses--AD]

12y 🥲

[@AquamarineMachine]

Are you still alive?

[@sweetbriana7641]

Actually to "see" someone is to "know their mind/understand them". The forest is a place of meditation that one retreats to when the city overwhelming. The Air is where we rise to our higher inner-self. The message is meditation. The message is never what the deliver wants it to be. Read Gaskell's Dictionary of Scripture and Myths. "Their not going to get us" is the struggle within, the same story as the Bhagavad Gita, 2 sides at war, "they're not gonna get us" is on the left, and the "floating forest in the air" is on the right. Sea = truth. Ciao.

[@Лиля-е3к]

What are you smoking ?

[@sweetbriana7641]

@@Лиля-е3к "Dictionary of Scripture and Myth" by G.A. Gaskell. Have fun. Oh, "Platinum Kush Breath" is what i am smoking fyi.

[@Dragonanzar]

I really like this song! I've played it about 10 times just in the last 24 hours. It always really amuses me when someone tries to have an intellectual debate in text language. Really, there is no excuse to use the shortened version of English. Sending messages doesn't cost anything and I can't imagine that extending a message into proper English would put the writer over the character limit. Second language speakers are an exception. Thanks for putting up this video.

[@animelover2795]

i love them!!! they have great music and are very talented singers They are great

[@madmin19051]

DUDE THANK GOD FOR THIS VIDEO....I was at Dr.Slaughter's House Of Terror...it is a haunted house ran by the D.A.R.E program and they played this and the dance team did an awesome dance and i looked 4 this song up and down youtube and finally i find it THANK YOU!!! !!!!

[@blvengrey]

Holy crap, their voices can go so high pitched!! I wouldn't dare try to make my voice do that =) but their music is great.

[@Kukitea]

Omg, thank you so muuuuch for putting this up! I love t.A.T.u ever since I heard 30 minutes...

[@The4logos]

first time i heard this song i just fell in love with it !! just awesome ! Love how they sang it together and the cool beat as well .

[@dylanlake7]

*hits the replay button*

[@tatulover4578]

Clowns,Amazing.

[@jlen86]

i hate listen to this fucking song before going bed "can u see me now, clowns all around you" o.O

[@mickymelody848]

Lmao

[@susanayamile2078]

Lol

[@minnime12345]

i just started listening to this band and i really like their music its different :D

[@zowsoll]

I can't even remember how I found this song, but it scared the shit out of me when I was a child.

[@amandawright250]

Jockups I’m glad I’m not the only one. 🤣

[@adasciliberto3160]

Beautiful!

[@jariansilva8401]

+Ada Sciliberto (Janet 2002) Voce Gosta De Coraline e o Mundo secreto ?

[@phamellaluuck5412]

Kkkk 4 Anos

[@midnightdragon117]

LOVE this song......its so powerful and unique...........wonderful music....big t.A.T.u fan!!

[@un4m3dnerd44]

Still here in 2023, there's definitely clowns all around me

[@ReeneUsaki]

I LOVE YOU for even having that IDEA! I o some Karkat dubbing and I think that is now my next project! :D

[@Porceliankitty]

:c Clowns are an art, not a ways to kill and scare

[@Kkproncess]

I really Love This song

[@dagnytheartist2945]

This always reminds me of Weathervane (restaurant) because my dad would play these songs when we drove there.

[@FreedaFoofy]

People taking the 'clown' thing literally. Smh.

[@NikkolasKing]

Yeah it seemed pretty clear to me the clown stuff was a metaphor. Oh well.

[@PsychoHanyo]

when they started talking about the clowns thing, I started humming this. my cousin asked what I was humming so I sang the chorus. needless to say, they didn't like it much XD

[@hollywoodvamp]

WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

[@iarealmerfreak01]

FreedaFoofy Right 😂😂😂

[@tycobb5452]

I hear you calling Marian see kila lashays response below.

[@hamstring.]

Even the url says NO :3

[@Jaxxii-z7h]

Still ❤

[@b1njjj95]

I love their voices, soooo beautiful! XD

[@juanbran2284]

Can you see meee Jhon Cena xD😂

[@pablodescamisado]

I don't know why they have these lyrics. In the original Russian song they sing the following. Ask me Ask Ask me Ask Usual lights fade and end. There are only indifferent lanterns wobbling. And there are strange thoughts, unnecessary and not new. And there are sepulchral clockwork clowns! Clockwork clowns, blue and red! Clockwork clowns and vain words. Just ask me and we'll wake up being new; and we'll wake up being strong. Just ask me Ask me Ask Ask me Ask Blue and red, different and vain, red and blue, not strong at all, the most usual and not new at all, indifferent are the dolls. They're clockwork clowns. There are four sides, all being left. On the fifth one - there are clowns, clumsy dolls. Just ask me and we'll wake up being new; and we'll wake up being strong. Just ask me Ask me Ask Ask me Ask

[@AnthroArcade]

It's a thing people do with languages I've found. Japanese animes do the same thing where the English version will have different lyrics from the Japanese version. Kinda interesting, though. _Niko Linni_

[@Vilvaran]

@@AnthroArcade I think they change it so that the song "sounds the same" in rhythm etc.

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

Because direct translations of artistic works don't have the same impact in the 2nd language -- especially with something like poetry and lyrics (where the very vowel sounds, number of syllables, and rhyming scheme add another level of depth). For example with that song "ask me." Ask you what? It doesn't hold the same emotional implications as "can you see me now?"

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

Also "ask me" is only two syllables in English, while the word choice in Russian takes up 5. It would sound awkward to stretch out those 2 syllables in English over 5 notes like that.

[@N3XUS_7]

Listen to it in reverse...

[@Tolkanrox]

Katherine, woot ! I love ya for sending this stuff, also checked all vids you posted here on youtube, and I gotta admit, you have a style. Delain, Evanescence, nightwish - that was a finisher. Keep up sending the "real music" awesome job

[@PhD_Sultan]

Who listen in 2018?

[@vegetajamel5024]

ME😲😲😬😬

[@성일음-l8l]

2019

[@moe.moe.codgamer5125]

Me 2019-2020-2030

[@mjvybz]

I'm here in 2020

[@Taranzaswig]

when she says "can you see me now" it makes me want to float down a dark river~ its amazing how soft voices can make you imagine that and on a side note. YES I CAN SEE U! :D

[@didanybodyfindwaldo]

The song is just very symbolic, so you can't take things literally.

[@Kingdomhearts120]

TUNE! I love this song so much! It was on the first Kingdom Hearts video I EVER watched!

[@sadisticwasp]

The song at the end is the piano solo in 'All The Things She Said' Hope that helps =]

[@forgottenbutterfly7]

You always make awsome lyric videos! Thank u i've been looking for this song!

[@alphonseelric9569]

they make amazing music and should make more

[@vlogdemon]

Alphonse Elric I wish man

[@unanuevailustracionnarraci1172]

Tatu ❤️ 2021

[@DJPING3]

This makes ne think of Gravity Falls. Bill Cipher.

[@MaiiDaphne]

Yeah, it does, though it reminds me a bit of The Blind Eye Society as they ask 'can you see me now'

[@huricane887]

This makes me think of Squidward dancing outside of Lain's window from Linkondrugs' parody.

[@vaaaalentine664]

I LOVE T.A.T.U. AND GRAVITY FALLS U JUST MADE MEKJSKJSKDF

[@confusedcryptido_o1827]

Are you kidding me. The only reason I'm on this page right now is because I wanted the lyrics for a Bill Cipher-themed fanmix I'm making. I scroll down to read the comments and see this. Unbelievable. Truly, forces beyond our control are manipulating us.

[@DJPING3]

fsdgfdsgdfsg

[@kingbabe1829]

Excellent song.

[@lenuliavolkatina7221]

Agreed.

[@sadisticwasp]

Never in the song does it say "Can you see me in there". (Can you see me now) is the echo.

[@kittyangel701]

i love this song. i'd been looking of it and found it today. i have it as my ringtone

[@gwenmichaelis3220]

This reminds my of Alice Returns to madness,

[@josephferguson789]

Marshall Tucker

[@ShowMeLoveFilms]

I love your videos. There so awsome, and I love this song;}.

[@ravenblack9612]

Am i the only one who thinks that whoever wrote this meant to say "clouds" and got lost in the language and ended up saying "clowns"? I dont see the relation between clowns and the song, but clouds make much more sense...

[@violetrain1540]

No I think they meant clowns because it says to let you know where you let your senses go and a lot of people fear clowns so they might mean the sense of fear

[@MyMangakaLIFE]

it's in reference to ppl who are against their homosexual relationship.

[@tsuma534]

+Maria Gutierrez Sanchez The russian version also features clowns ("клоуны" = "klouny")

[@kasi5050]

;)")

[@meganalexis1181]

Raven Black it's clowns not clouds. Need to get that right

[@nonofyobuis1019]

Masterpiece

[@couldiviersa]

I just love how the line "can you see me now" sounds so much like the one in Russian version, "poprosi menya" First time I heard the English version, I thought, why are they singing with an accent? haha

[@ThexCloakedxSchemerx]

Very,...eerie and odd, yet beautiful. I like it.

[@mryiaspencer9302]

that say clowns because they're talking about people who are against gay people not about being in the clouds is not about scary clowns and it's not about funny clowns it's about people who are judging them listen to the words people feel what they mean

[@corgidawg]

This is a very emotional Video which has a good beat to it. I love the lyrics. I give it a 4/5

[@PaTtErNoFmYcUtS]

I've loved this song since I was a kid. Thanks so much for posting it. Whats the song at the end though? I've always been curios.

[@FallNicklerose]

PaTtErNoFmYcUtS all the things she said! It's also by tATu.

[@Deidaracheesecake]

you have awesome vids! i luv tatu.

[@juniormix303]

Nossa que música perfeitaaaaaa

[@deviliciouscherry]

omg i luv this song ive had it on my ipod for like 3 years and i still have to listen to it

[@chrissparrow809]

This song summoned a bunch of demonic spirits many times in front of me and my wife. True shit.

[@sweethot5902]

Awesome

[@annxbm]

Samara's song...

[@chichichi12685]

I agree Anna Bilting Muriel

[@KiraWatsoshi]

My first introduction to t.a.t.u. back in 2007, Gorgeous Song

[@blacknight7718]

Who listening in 2019

[@dasma4]

oh also i REALLY like the song! thanks for the lyrics my friend!

[@nickmontes9599]

I Like Clown.

[@nickmontes9599]

I LOVE CLOWNS!!!!

[@nickmontes9599]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickmontes9599]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickmontes9599]

Fun

[@insanity4493]

+Nick Montes Gamzee :o)

[@sofinana]

i had this song as a ring tone and alarm throughout my army days on my mobile.. dont know why but now when ever i hear this song i get nervous afraid anxious but i love it

[@moss8541]

I laugh because when ever it said clown, I thought of the monochrome clown, Laughing Jack...Anyone else? Or is it just me....

[@sadisticwasp]

Thank you again lol =]

[@gayghostguy2089]

This song makes me think of Slenderman

[@sadisticwasp]

Wow, thank you! =]

[@teamjohnyup9038]

I love Samara

[@femmeinist]

awesome song!

[@rai1578]

I honestly can't hear this without thinking of GamRezi from Homestuck...

[@sadisticwasp]

Aw, awesome, thank you (:

[@ricoou1138]

[@nicolasfalcao1259]

I love this.

[@mysteriousjade6529]

Man this is racist! What do they have against clowns!

[@james739123]

+Jade Fransia clowns are random people in makeup, not a race you fool

[@silviaeaber]

+james739123 this is irony, you fool! 😂 (cause this IS irony, right? :D)

[@james739123]

Silvia Valdez no, it isn't

[@silviaeaber]

+james739123 well, okay... If you say it...

[@mysteriousjade6529]

Racist

[@muhammadsubhan8333]

WOW, remind me of my old memories.

[@kagecresendo69]

since people started using “clown” more this song is funny as fuck to me sorry lol

[@David_Mesh]

🤡

[@sadisticwasp]

Wow, really? Cool! Good luck! Its a great song =D

[@gabrielacalin8977]

The Russian version is better :)

[@pablodescamisado]

Ask me Ask Ask me Ask Usual lights fade and end. There are only indifferent lanterns wobbling. And there are strange thoughts, unnecessary and not new. And there are sepulchral clockwork clowns! Clockwork clowns, blue and red! Clockwork clowns and vain words. Just ask me and we'll wake up being new; and we'll wake up being strong. Just ask me Ask me Ask Ask me Ask Blue and red, different and vain, red and blue, not strong at all, the most usual and not new at all, indifferent are the dolls. They're clockwork clowns. There are four sides, all being left. On the fifth one - there are clowns, clumsy dolls. Just ask me and we'll wake up being new; and we'll wake up being strong. Just ask me Ask me Ask Ask me Ask

[@svens3722]

hmm i like the russian Version of all the other Songs but Clowns is the only one which is better in english, better mixed etc. but only my opinion =)

[@vanlee5540]

Proposyyy menyaaa!!! Love it!!

[@zaakira0546]

Wha

[@solmir7161]

@@abelbelo7238 no

[@muffingirl337]

10 years. Proves that music isn't as good today as it was in the past.

[@stevenmosier2303]

The Ring Samara Morgan

[@sunkissedprincess6270]

Steven Mosier haha

[@peacemaker7645]

i love this song sooo much. ❤

[@bayanibrahim1418]

what does the song even mean ? I love tatu I'm an old fan but I never really understood the song so please .. anyone ?

[@Aetheriea]

i've always thought it's because a clown is wearing all that make-up so you can't see their real faces

[@VampirePrinceKRS]

it sounds like a person is trying to get someone they love to notice them since that person they love is surrounded by fools/clowns/bad influences

[@melinamarselaguxha9486]

te song mean...( open your eyes and see me now).

[@bunnysmith9464]

i think it's about people who want to put them down and judge them and they're called clowns idk I'm not good at explaining

[@kuhkacke]

Clowns everywhere i think

[@RoyaltvCa]

@Katherine10101 thnx for posting this i really enjoyed it :)

[@EboDylan]

I appreciate whoever uploaded the video, but for all the commenters on the songs lyrical interpretation, there's really no point in trying to decipher the meaning in the lyrics. I remember watching TRL years ago when they were coming onto the American pop culture scene, and one of the girls admitted that they did not record their songs in English, that it was all done by computerized/electronic engineering. so whoever was "translating" the Russian songs for their English album probably did not care about writing a good song, but rather whatever English words would be most easily made from the orginal Russian songs. Just listen to the original song "Klouny" and you'll see what I mean.. TLDR: Don't look for any deep meaning in these lyrics, cause there's none to be found.

[@Jiraitype]

where the hell did you hear that?

[@EboDylan]

+pastelhime I said in the comments I saw them say it in a TRL interview. Look it up... and listen to the Russian version.

[@BandoBeastUrbanExploration]

i only read that you appreciate whoever uploaded the video.. the rest is gibberish to me.

[@EnsonAvenson]

Many people cannot understand. Who are the "clowns". A clown is a person who plays in public, making himself an image that he wants people to see him. This is a person who can hide his motives behind a mask. He is a liar in fact. It can be politicians, actors, and growth ordinary people. This is the meaning of the song.

[@Orthilia]

I can't stop listening to it ._.. It's so beautiful! And it gives me goosebumbs!

[@completely100percenthuman]

Did you stop listening to it

[@tashigirl6]

my grandma died a few days ago and this song popped in my head when i was alone in my kitchen (the 'can u see me now?' part) and i started freaking out! awesome song btw!(:

[@twinkle1Usagi2]

Wow!!! You're great! :)

[@sadisticwasp]

thanks! :D

[@jamesmcdonald9757]

I love that song can you see me now

[@HelenaK93]

Thank YOU very much ^^

[@Rayannami]

The only problem with this song is that it can't be longer. ^_^ Great video, love this song