my name is carnival

i've seen your face in every place that i'll be goin'

i read your words like black hungry birds read every sowin'

rise and fall

spin and call

and my name is carnival

sad music in the night sings a scream of light out of chorus

and voices you might hear appear and disappear in the forest

short and tall throw the ball

and my name is carnival

strings of yellow tears drip from black-wired fears in the meadow

and their white halos spin with an anger that is thin and turns to sorrow

king of all

hear me call

hear my name - carnival

here there is no law but the arcade's penny claw

hanging empty

the painted laughing smile and the turning of the style do not envy

and the small can steal the ball

to touch the face of carnival

the fat woman frowns at screaming frightened clowns that move enchanted

and the shadow lie and waits outside your iron gates with one wish granted

colors fall

throw the ball

play the game of carnival

without a thought of size

you come to hypnotize the danger

the world that comes apart has no single heart when life is stranger

wheel and call

clawed dreams all

in the name of carnival

wheel and call

clawed dreams all

in my name of carnival