This song was about Jack’s treatment from society, how his thoughts, preferences, and overall life was humiliated by others, and how most people thought of him like an insane person because of his thoughts. He was a unique man, but others thought he was weird, and they were all the same, just bland.
[Chorus]
I can hear the sounds of laughter
Could it be they're laughing at me?
I can hear the roar of thunder
I'm mad, I'm deranged, I see
Clowns in costumes, voices that carry
Their messages to my mind
I'm like a child, so young and carefree
My eyes see what they want to see
[Verse]
Lights are flashing, colors are blurring
There are patterns in my mind
Things are hidden to the world around me
But still they say I'm blind
They wrap me up in a web of lies
Meet the man who's locked inside
I'm too many people in too many places
I've a split personality
[Chorus]
I can hear the sounds of laughter
Could it be they're laughing at me?
I can hear the roar of thunder
I'm mad, I'm deranged, I see
Clowns in costumes, voices that carry
Their messages to my mind
I'm like a child, so young and carefree
My eyes see what they want to see
Sounds of Laughter was written by Todd Barnes & Ron Emory & Mike Roche & Jack Grisham.
Sounds of Laughter was produced by Thom Wilson.