<Dl> <Dd> And I went down and saw it and it seemed very clear what was needed, and so that made it very easy to write . And then I wrote it for her voice, because she couldn't sustain notes . Wasn't that kind of singing voice . So I knew I had to write things in short phrases, and that led to questions, and so again, I wouldn't have written a song so quickly if I hadn't known the actress...I wrote most of it one night and finished part of the second chorus, and I'd gotten the ending...(T) he whole thing was done in two days . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> And I went down and saw it and it seemed very clear what was needed, and so that made it very easy to write . And then I wrote it for her voice, because she couldn't sustain notes . Wasn't that kind of singing voice . So I knew I had to write things in short phrases, and that led to questions, and so again, I wouldn't have written a song so quickly if I hadn't known the actress...I wrote most of it one night and finished part of the second chorus, and I'd gotten the ending...(T) he whole thing was done in two days . </Dd> <P> The lyrics of the song are written in four verses and a bridge and sung by Desirée . As Sondheim explains, Desirée experiences both deep regret and furious anger: </P> <P> "Send in the Clowns" was never meant to be a soaring ballad; it's a song of regret . And it's a song of a lady who is too upset and too angry to speak--meaning to sing for a very long time . She is furious, but she doesn't want to make a scene in front of Fredrik because she recognizes that his obsession with his 18 - year - old wife is unbreakable . So she gives up; so it's a song of regret and anger, and therefore fits in with short - breathed phrases . </P>

Meaning of song lyrics send in the clowns